Luc Hermitte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 08 Dec 2002 20021208193753.GA44134983@ORLYN:">news:20021208193753.GA44134983@ORLYN:
>> > [2] This form has been privileged because of the MsWindows 9x >> > series. >> >> Hmmm. If you mean that people who run Win9x are more likely to be >> running old DOS programs that use 8.3, then ok; otherwise there's no >> difference between NT-derived and 9x-type Windows in this respect -- >> that I know of. > > No. This is a scripting problem I had on MsWindows Me, and I don't > remember any similar issue on Windows NT -- more tests should be done to > be sure. > > The problem comes from pathnames having spaces. If we want to run: > appl "c:/Program Files/foo.txt" ~/bar.txt > The parameters should be requoted before (/while ?) running xargs. I > haven't spent enough time to find to something that works. Yes. I am pretty sure that you'll have the same problem with pathnames containing spaces on NT & its derivatives, too. So having the wrapper generate the 8.3 form of the name probably isn't a bad idea, at least as far as this issue goes. There might be other (side) effects. Not to seem like I am competing with you or upstaging you, Luc, but I want to announce (bec. I am assuming the readers of this thread might have interest) that I have done my own WWW publication about how I start (instantiate) GVIM from Cygwin's bash shell: http://home.att.net/~perlspinr/vim/VIMhelpers.html It doesn't use your cyg-wrapper script because I wanted to do some more elaborate stuff. Readers "shopping" for a test editor to use in conjunction with Cygwin are encouraged to check out GVIM 6.x (www.vim.org) -- it rocks. And then use my script to run it from bash ;-). Best, Soren -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/