Re: How to handle whitespace in filenames ???
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:21:51 -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
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>Craig Dickson wrote:
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>> Eric G. Miller wrote:
<snip>
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>> However, your example is actually wrong. "cd d:\cygwin" is a perfectly
>> legal MS-DOS command; it sets the current working directory for drive D
>> to \cygwin, regardless of what your current drive is.
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>Haven't I already caught you trying to foist un-tested information
>earlier in this thread?
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>This fails on *ALL* of the following canonical installations:
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> MS-DOS v3.31
> windoze 3.x
> windoze 9x
> windoze nt 4
> windoze 2000
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>I just finished *DEMONSTRATING* this _fact_ on five (5) systems here.
In fact, using win98se;
c:\WINDOWS>a: <enter> => a:\
a:\cd c:\home <enter> => a:\
a:\c: <enter> => c:\home
thus you have changed the working directory in the other drive without
changing your current position.
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>The fact that you require a *nix shell (cygwin) on your windoze box is
>very telling.
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>As I said before, this is getting very bo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring . . .
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