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On Feb 13 13:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 2/13/2014 1:33 PM, Lord Laraby wrote: > >Subject: Re: get rid of getpwent? (Was: cygwin-1.7.28 getpwent header > >declaration changes ?) > > > >This would be a nice mechanism for typical windows home systems except for > >the format of the cygwin tag that goes in the comment field. Home users > >that utilize 'net user USERNAME "/comment:yadda yadda"' command cannot use > >equal signs on the command line, and the entire string has to be quoted to > >prevent angle brackets from messing with redirection. Equal signs are > >stripped by CMD.exe and the nexted quotes are stripped as well. > > > >Example: I entered the following at elevated cmd prompt, > > > >C:\WINDOWS\system32>net user TestUser "/comment:<cygwin check="maybe" > >then="okay>" > >The command completed successfullly. > > > >C:\WINDOWS\system32>net user TestUser > >User name TestUser > >Full name Test User > >Comment <cygwin check=maybe then=okay> > >... > >The command completed successfullly. > > > > Corinna's email with a description of this entire mechanism recommends this > syntax: > > > CMD example: > > > > net use corinna /comment:"<cygwin home=\"/home/foo\"/>" > > Does that work for you? Sigh. I read my mail at least 6 or 7 times, but never once it occured to me that I mistyped the commands. It's `net user', of course, not `net use'. Oh holy naÃvetÃ. So again, either use net user corinna /comment:"<cygwin home=\"/home/foo\"/>" from CMD (double quotes, escaping double quotes in the string) or net user corinna /comment:'<cygwin home="/home/foo"/>' from bash or tcsh (single quotes around the string, no escaping of double quotes inside the string). You are aware that you can start a Cygwin shell elevated as well, right? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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