here is the workaround we use in Ant build (which by the way outclasses anything any make can do) /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/cygusr //becomes /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1\cyguser //workaround for 95/98 inability to handle spaces in directory name
Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "BB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: Bug in GUI App WinMain Arguements > I'm having a problem running a windows gui app with arguments from a mounted > directory if the Win32Path mounted to contains blanks. (i.e. mount -s -b > "C:/foo bar" "/foobar"). It's not a mount specific problem because it also > occurs if the directory has a space in it. Since mkpasswd defaulted my home > directory to "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/cygusr", I am assuming > Cygwin supports directories with spaces in them. I have included a small > program that illustrates the bug. > > By the way, I'm running on XP with the latest version of Cygwin newly > installed. > > Also, according to the "Cygwin Users Guide", I have included the following > line in the code. > WinMainCRTStartup() { mainCRTStartup(); } > It doesnt seem to be called. Is the User Guide correct? The same problem > occurs if I omit the line and use the "-e _mainCRTStartup" as suggested in > the User Guide. > > Any suggestions? > BB. > > Assuming the program listed below (prtcmdline.exe) is in > "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/cygusr"... > > $ cd ~ > $ pwd > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/cygusr > $ ./prtcmdline arg1 arg2 | tail - > default > and Settings\cygusr\prtcmdline.exe" arg1 arg2 << wrong > $ cp prtcmdline.exe /home/cygusr > $ /home/cygusr/prtcmdline arg1 arg2 | tail - > default > arg1 arg2 <<right > $ > > /****************************************************/ > /* prtcmdline.c */ > /* gcc -mwindows prtcmdline.c -o prtcmdline.exe */ > /****************************************************/ > #include <windows.h> > #include <stdio.h> > > char *gstr = "default\r"; > > WinMainCRTStartup() > { > gstr = "WinMainCRTStartup() called\r"; > mainCRTStartup(); > } > > int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, > HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, > LPSTR lpCmdLine, > int nCmdShow) > { > puts(gstr); > puts(lpCmdLine); > return 0; > } > /****************************************************/ > > > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/