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Re: Filenames with spaces: very rare in Cygwin


> FWIW, space is a valid filename character on both Unix and Windows.
> This means that any script that assumes filenames to be space-free (and
> lacking other shell special characters) is, IMO, broken.

Yes, I see the force of this. Thank you. I will look at the script and try
to amend it so that it no longer stumbles at these three. Fergus



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