Hello, There is strange behavior when naming a file from command line argument in cmd.exe cosole, using touch or mv.
I use: touch (GNU coreutils) 8.26 Packaged by Cygwin (8.26-2) cygwin1.dll version 2.10.0 in cmd.exe, doing > touch aaa and > touch 'aaa' give same file name aaa. > ls aaa but, when I use Japanese characters as file name, it gives different file names with and without the quote. > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 touch あああ gives > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 ls あああ but, > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 touch 'あああ' gives file name with quote not stripped. > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 ls 'あああ' If called from mintty + bash, $ env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 touch 'あああ' gives $ env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 ls あああ The problem is when I create a file containing spaces in its name. Creating a file in cmd.exe like: > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 touch 'ああ あ' gives > env LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 ls "'ああ あ'" (which is a file named 'ああ あ', not ああ あ) It seems, there is no way to create a file containing a space in its name, like ああ あ with commands such as touch or mv. Is it a normal behavior, or a bug? Is there any way to create a file containing Japanese characters and spaces in its name without quote added? FYI, With old cygwin (cygwin1.dll version 1.5.25), there were not such problem. Even from cmd.exe, > touch 'ああ あ' gave a file named 'ああ あ' (without the quote in real.) ---------- Hiroo Ono -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
