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RE: cygwin 1.3.20-1 - strange problems with long command lines in nt4


On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> At 16:00 2003-03-12, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> >
> >...
> >
> > > >Just got another idea.  See if this helps:
> > > ><http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN733>
> > >
> > > I believe the @argFileName syntax only works when a non-Cygwin program
> > > invokes a Cygwin program.
> > >
> > > I cannot make the example given in the user guide section you mention
> > > work as shown (under BASH). It does work when run from CMD.exe.
> >
> >Randall,
> >
> >I believe we *were* talking about stracing the offending program under
> >cmd.exe...
> >     Igor
>
> Igor,
>
> Really? Both cases appear in the earlier messages on this thread.
>
> Nonetheless, I think that the wider implication of erroneous recipes in
> the documentation should be pointed out. No?
>
> Randall Schulz

Randall,

Yes, you're correct, of course.  I just realized that the example used
bash...
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