X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=O3IgavsVJEUKy7dZIfnqfs0nHp+BE eQcbG8KFf/f38b7pgKw8NIeI6lpVtOSu/1AzkxEhOcaNY4AjML9iq0FhDMkiqc7Z KMNp1Et2lMnHo97xdgYnQZ557LDRgW1Qa10/QEIRScvfpHNhQfkBGUb09BibYBKk WKzJgIaQFlozAk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; s=default; bh=Kz72IkdAGC4BGEqG1E7jj5Yihvs=; b=wGv sU68yg3uMYE7NwmYrE81MCDw+r+cNStd/uVkIWsf3+w4nQ2xpTi4b3MV0LXpzJr4 CSG2aqLHi7iDvICDWKo32NQOEV/hJC7AtcgFhZsv4Tuv2LTUgxWESBtNQSg+PQuD MvghsG+CNfrCmwS4sFvTKj3hM6gPQ4D2UICqZL+Q= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,MIME_BASE64_BLANKS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Authors, srv X-HELO: USA7109MR008.ACS-INC.COM From: "Nellis, Kenneth" To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: RE: cygpath -w 'a"b' Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:22:29 +0000 Message-ID: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BB7ABD0@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> References: <20160714172234 DOT GB19533 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> In-Reply-To: <20160714172234.GB19533@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id u6EIMtXo005396 It seems that the length of the string passed to cygpath -w affects whether double quotes are translated or not: $ cygpath -w '"12345"' | od -cAn " 1 2 3 4 5 " \n $ cygpath -w '"123456"' | od -cAn " 1 2 3 4 5 6 357 200 242 \n $ cygpath --version cygpath (cygwin) 2.5.2 Path Conversion Utility Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016 Cygwin Authors This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ uname -srv CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.5.2(0.297/5/3) 2016-06-23 14:29 $ --Ken Nellis