All is not lost. If you simply drag an icon for a file system entity and drop it in a Cygwin window, it will get quotes _as necessary_! Nice, actually. The syntax will still be Windows, including backslashes, but actually Cygwin will handle this correctly.
And in case you're not aware of it, you can ALT-tab while a drag-and-drop is in progress without disrupting the drag.
Good luck.
Randall Schulz
At 01:20 2003-01-24, Robert Mark Bram wrote:
Howdy Randall, > > $ cdd C:\Rob\mcd3060\Tri32002\a2 > > bash: cd: C:Robmcd3060Tri32002a2: No such file or directory > In this case, the unquoted backslashes > essentially just disappear, since in > each case the character they precede > is not special.Thank you very much for your reply. I forgot the cardinal rule that arguments entered on the command line must be quoted if they include characters such as \ that are not meant as escape characters... All of this brings me to the rather depressing conclusion that I cannot make the same shortcut in cygwin that I often use in cmd.exe: copying a path from Windows Explorer, alt-tabbing to the command prompt, typing "cd " with the left hand then right clicking with the right hand and pressing enter to move easily to a new directory. Usually, this technique is still easier than the auto-complete functions available in bash and XP's cmd.exe... Rob :)
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