When are Windows Short Path Names required
zzapper
david@tvis.co.uk
Mon Oct 24 22:52:00 GMT 2005
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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