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RE: cygpath question
- From: "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob at optushome dot com dot au>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:20:55 +1100
- Subject: RE: cygpath question
Howdy Randall,
> > $ cdd C:\Rob\mcd3060\Tri32002\a2
> > bash: cd: C:Robmcd3060Tri32002a2: No such file or directory
> In this case, the unquoted backslashes
> essentially just disappear, since in
> each case the character they precede
> is not special.
Thank you very much for your reply. I forgot the cardinal rule that
arguments entered on the command line must be quoted if they include
characters such as \ that are not meant as escape characters...
All of this brings me to the rather depressing conclusion that I cannot make
the same shortcut in cygwin that I often use in cmd.exe: copying a path from
Windows Explorer, alt-tabbing to the command prompt, typing "cd " with the
left hand then right clicking with the right hand and pressing enter to move
easily to a new directory. Usually, this technique is still easier than the
auto-complete functions available in bash and XP's cmd.exe...
Rob
:)
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