On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 05:04:23PM +0100, zzapper wrote: > On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:46:04 +0100, zzapper 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"?
No, it's an alternate name, and may not even exist, as Brian said. > 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. Now I don't know what your actual question was. -- 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/
