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Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required
- From: zzapper <david at tvis dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:04:23 +0100
- Subject: Re: When are Windows Short Path Names required
- References: <gf4ll19t24s5el791n26rudlum24i066ot@4ax.com>
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"?
I think I've may be mislead you, I think my problem was more that when theres an interaction between
*nix scripts & environment. Sometimes even quoting doesn't seem to carry the correct path info thru
to the final WinApp , so you have to move the app to non-space path location or use the short name
above.
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