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Subject: Cygstart bug: doesn't keep command line arguments intact
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Calling              /c/program\ files/microsoft\ office/office12/winword.exe "a b c.doc" works. 
Calling cygstart /c/program\ files/microsoft\ office/office12/winword.exe "a b c.doc" tries to open a.doc, b.doc, and c.doc. 

I couldn't find this reported in the mailing list archives.


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