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Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required
- From: zzapper <david at tvis dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:50:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required
- References: <gf4ll19t24s5el791n26rudlum24i066ot@4ax.com>
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:46:04 +0100, wrote:
>Hi
>
>$ cygpath -d c:/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer
>c:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1
>
>I've just had another case where the I had to use the short form, is the short form the "real name"?
Hi just solved my problem:-
sjaprog='/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLyog Enterprise/sja.exe'
sjascript="c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin/sql/jrayner.xml"
"$sjaprog" "$sjascript"
By using no backslashing at all, but surely that's what I would have tried in the first place? Drat
Sorry for wasting your grey emininences
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