> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of WB6BNQ > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 3:07 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Heather Problem.. > > Hi Bud, > > the /2 should be inside the quotes as you show it. Of course the quotes are not > used in the windows environment. That should be /3 if you are wanting to go to > port 3. So your command line, used in the ICON or link, should read: > > C:\Program Files\Heather\heather.exe /3
Actually that's not the case; the quotes are required anytime a pathname with spaces is used. Otherwise there would be no easy way for the OS to tell where the filename stops and any command-line parameters begin. If it weren't for the space in the "Program Files" subdirectory name, the quotes wouldn't be needed at all. So in the case of Heather, yes, you do need the quotes for Windows' benefit, and you also need a space after the closing quote for Heather's benefit. (Pro tip: If you know that your Program Files directory has the short name progra~1, you could change the shortcut to use c:\progra~1\heather\heather.exe and dispense with the quotes. This hack is less straightforward now that 64-bit versions of Windows use "Program Files (x86)" for legacy 32-bit software like LH. On my system, Heather ends up in c:\progra~2\heather\heather.exe.) -- john, KE5FX _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
