> I have a file with the word "father's" in it.  When I run
> $ lilypond how_deep_the_father\'s_love_for_us.ly
> 
> it runs fine, but the ly2dvi wrapper looses the slash and does the following...
> 
> $ ly2dvi how_deep_the_father\'s_love_for_us.ly
> ly2dvi (GNU lilypond) 1.3.41 executing: lilypond 
>how_deep_the_father's_love_for_us.ly 2>&1
> sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> ly2dvi: Lilypond failed: lilypond how_deep_the_father's_love_for_us.ly 2>&1

Yes, just as most other scripts, ly2dvi has problems with 
"strange" file names with spaces or apostrophes in it.
Some of the problems can certainly be solved, but at the 
moment I think the easiest solution is to avoid these file
names.

    /Mats


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