* Johnathon Jamison (Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:11:12 -0700) > I am having some funny behavior. If I have a .bat file that is in a > directory whose pathname contains a space, and an argument is given to > the .bat file that has a space in it, then the .bat file fails to run. > Instead, I get "'xxx' is not recognized as an internal or external > command, operable program or batch file." where xxx is the portion of > the complete path to the .bat file before the first space. > > I am not sure why this is occurring. Any help would be appreciated. I > have more specific information and a sample run below. If I have left > anything out, just ask. In particular, I am not sure which version > numbers would be needed, or where to find (many of) them.
Try escaping the spaces and some of the quotes. wfm in the other test case mentioned: cmd /c "F:\tmp\dir^ with^ space\test.bat^" "Hello, world." -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
