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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:33:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: Open URLs with # using cygstart.exe
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Alexander Konovalov
<alexk AT mcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk> 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
>

In POSIX shells # indicates to ignore the following as a comment.
Quote the # as in \# to avoid it.

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