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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:36:00 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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To: Denis Excoffier <cygwin AT Denis-Excoffier DOT org>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: argv @-expansion with pathname containing spaces
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Greetings, Denis Excoffier!

> For the moment, the best solution i have is to copy
> the original file into, say, %TEMP%\dummy.txt, hoping that %TEMP%
> will not contain any spaces:

It will, if %USERPROFILE% do. On most systems, user's %TEMP% will be located
in %LocalAppData%/Temp, which is derived from %USERPROFILE%.

> copy "%pathname%" %TEMP%\dummy.txt > nul


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 20.12.2012, <20:34>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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