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Re: Problem passing Windows path names from batch file to bash script
On 2006-10-28, Lev Bishop wrote:
> On 10/28/06, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > On 2006-10-28, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> > > From: Gary Johnson; Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:44 PM
> > > > I am trying to pass Windows path names from a Windows batch file
> > > > to a Cygwin bash script. I have found a solution using Windows
> > > > environment variable substitution to replace \s with /s before
> > > > passing the name to bash, but I cannot figure out how to pass
> > > > the name without that replacement. The problem is with names of
> > > > the form
> > > >
> > > > "\\host\user\file with spaces"
>
> Note the difference between these two:
>
> Exhibit A:
> C:\>set CYGWIN=noglob
> C:\>\cygwin\bin\echo "\\host\share\file with spaces"
> \\host\share\file with spaces
>
> Exhibit B:
> C:\>set CYGWIN=glob
> C:\>\cygwin\bin\echo "\\host\share\file with spaces"
> \host\share\file with spaces
Thank you very much. That was a great help.
Regards,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
garyjohn@spk.agilent.com | Wireless Division
| Spokane, Washington, USA
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