On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:46:04 +0100, wrote: >Hi > >$ cygpath -d c:/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer >c:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1 > >I've just had another case where the I had to use the short form, is the short >form the "real name"?
Hi just solved my problem:- sjaprog='/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SQLyog Enterprise/sja.exe' sjascript="c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin/sql/jrayner.xml" "$sjaprog" "$sjascript" By using no backslashing at all, but surely that's what I would have tried in the first place? Drat Sorry for wasting your grey emininences -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- 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/