On 12/26/2017 12:43 PM, Steven Penny wrote: > On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:08:17, Steven Penny wrote: >> that did it - thanks - this also works: >> >> cygstart bash '-c "echo hello; read z"' >> >> seems like a problem with cygstart parser? here is the syntax: >> >> cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS] >> >> so should support multiple arguments - this command works as expected >> >> cygstart touch 1 2 3 >> >> maybe the hyphen in "-c" is causing the problem? > > update - cygstart does support multiple arguments, but any spaces will > cause a > problem. for example this command works fine: > > cygstart bash -c 'echo;read' > > but this fails > > cygstart bash -c 'echo 1;read' > > and for some reason any spaces must be quoted - not escaped - these work: > > cygstart bash -c '"echo 1;read"' > cygstart bash -c "'echo 1;read'" > > these fail: > > cygstart bash -c 'echo\ 1;read' > cygstart bash -c "echo\ 1;read"
This has to do with the where the interpretation of the quote marks are read. The -c option for bash expects a quoted command but the quotes are being interpreted by the parent shell executing the cygstart command. The quotes are not interpreted by cygstart itself. $ cygstart bash -c \'echo 1\;read\' -- cyg Simple -- 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
