Re: Problem executing a .bat script in a directory with spaces us ing bash

2004-09-14 Thread Bryant, Neil
> I'm not sure how Sean is trying to launch the batch file (ie, > from a batch file, or compiled executable, etc) so how you > would get a sfn would vary (and I can only really speak on > the Win side), but if you know the batch exists, [cygpath -d > "path\file.bat"] should give it in a usable

Re: Problem executing a .bat script in a directory with spaces us ing bash

2004-09-14 Thread Bryant, Neil
> Christopher Cobb wrote: > > > Conclusion: cmd.exe command line processing is brain dead. > > > > Among the problems are that cmd.exe looks for /exactly/ one pair of quotes and > > no more (see my previous message). And that (double) quotes are the /only/ way > > of quoting spaces. > > Wow. H

RE: Problem executing a .bat script in a directory with spaces us ing bash

2004-09-03 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
Since nothing in the batch file refers to the directory, it looks like cmd.exe/command.com received the full path when executed. Compare the following under cmd.exe (XP pro) and bash. === c:\tmp> type t.bat echo x %0 x echo %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 c:\tmp> t.bat a b c d e f g h