https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-02/msg00336.html
There was a statement saying that cygwin does everything to preserve double quotes. It does not. I was recently doing some symbolic links with "cmd /c mklink "path" "filename" " recently and it was fine until I had a file with ampersand. If I type cmd /c mklink "path" "filename" cmd.exe is called without doubleqoutes (I use ProcExp to see cmd line). If I type same thing in "Run" dialog of TaskManager, doublequotes are passed as intended. If I type cmd /c mklink \"path\" \"filename\" reverse slash spills to cmd line. If I type cmd /c mklink "\"path\"" "\"filename\"" reverse slash and all doubleqoutes spill to cmd line. I really do not get it. How do I pass doubleqoutes to CMD? Problem is not related to mklink or any internals of CMD and even bash - Cygwin does not pass doubleqoutes instead. Example: echo "\"bbb\"" cmd /c echo "\"bbb\"" There must be an error somewhere on the CYGWIN/Windows boundary. Can I somehow whitelist "cmd.exe" so it does not get special treatment? CYGWIN_NT-6.1 USER 1.7.33-2(0.280/5/3) 2014-11-13 15:47 x86_64 Cygwin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
