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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:38:20 +0800
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Subject: Re: Open URLs with # using cygstart.exe
From: Dima Pasechnik <dimpase AT gmail DOT com>
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Cc: Alexander Konovalov <alexk AT mcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk>
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Hi Alex,

On 13 July 2012 20:26, Csaba Raduly <rcsaba AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Alexander Konovalov  wrote:
>> Dear Cygwin experts,
>>
>> I am trying to open the exact location in the html file using my default
>> browser with the command of the form
>>
>> cygstart.exe file:///C:/somepath/doc/ref/chap31.html#X84F59A2687C62763
>>
>> However, the anchor is ignored, so instead of going to the exact location
>> it opens the file and stays on the top of the page.
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> You are doing better than me. For me, cygstart interprets the anchor
> as part of the filename.
>
> $ cygstart file:///www/pages/html401/sgml/dtd.html#inline
> Unable to start 'C:\cygwin17\www\pages\html401\sgml\dtd.html#inline':
> The specified file was not found.
>

Same here.
Interestingly, it works just fine with the remote URL - it brings up
the page in the right place.
(OK, so here it's Windows 7 (32-bit) running Cygwin 1.7.15, and the
default browser is Firefox)


> Have you tried
>
> cygstart.exe 'file:///C:/somepath/doc/ref/chap31.html#X84F59A2687C62763'
>
> (note the single quotes) ?

this does not help in my case.

Dima

>
>
> Csaba
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