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Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"


--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:

> Ugh, top-posting.  Reformatted.
> 
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Peter Farley wrote:
> 
<Snipped> 
> Peter, beware that the need for quoting isn't just
> for spaces, but for any shell and cmd
> metacharacters (they are different). So, for
> example, any use of '^' or '&' or '>' needs to be
> properly quoted *after* the conversion Brian
> mentioned.
> 	Igor

Thanks for the additional caution.  I will certainly
watch those quotes!

Peter

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