On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 05:08:07AM -0700, Dave wrote: >OK, this appears to be an issue with quote processing. Here is a session, >starting in a command prompt. > >----- >C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\bash -l -c "cd '\\minime\music'; exec /bin/bash" >/bin/bash: line 1: cd: \minime\music: No such file or directory > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ cd '\\minime\music' > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] //minime/music >$ /bin/bash -l -c "cd '\\minime\music'; exec /bin/bash" >/bin/bash: line 1: cd: \minime\music: No such file or directory > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ cd "'\\minime\music'" >bash: cd: '\minime\music': No such file or directory > >---- end ---- >First command shows behaviour of the full command as I would expect it to be >evaluated from the shell menu. Response as reported. > >Second command shows that the bash shell can process the cd command correctly. > >Third command retries the full command from the bash shell, eliminating >cmd/windows evaluations. > >Fourth command duplicates the double quoting used by the main command. > >To me this indicates that double '\' within ''' and '"' quotes are not >preserved. > ><quote man bash> >Enclosing characters in single quotes preserves the literal value of >each character within the quotes. A single quote may not occur between >single quotes, even when preceded by a backslash. > >Enclosing characters in double quotes preserves the literal value of >all characters within the quotes, with the exception of $, `, and \. >The characters $ and ` retain their special meaning within double >quotes. The backslash retains its special meaning only when followed >by one of the following characters: $, `, ", \, or <newline>. A double >quote may be quoted within double quotes by preceding it with a back- >slash. ></quote> > >From this I would expect the double '\' to be preserved since it is within >single quotes, whose special meaning is retained when within double quotes. > >It seems the double quote rules are overriding the single quote rules within the >single quotes. > >Am I reading this right?
Yes. Once you quote the outer thing with the "", the backslash interpolation is done according to "" rules. I guess I haven't been paying close attention. Why are the slashes getting changed to backslashes? That's not right. It should be using cygwin paths. cgf -- 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/
