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Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"
- From: Peter Farley <pjfarley3 at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:17:34 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: 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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