zzapper wrote: > See script below sja.exe is actually in program files, my kludge below was to > use a mount (rather > than the short name)
I don't see anything here that necessitates using a mount or 8.3. > sjaprog="/sqlyog/sja.exe" sjaprog="/cygdrive/c/program\ files/whatever/sja.exe" > sjascript="c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin/sql/dosh-batch.xml" > sjarun="$sjaprog $sjascript"; > $sjarun "$sjaprog" $sjascript OR sjarun="\"$sjaprog\" $sjascript" $sjarun I fail to see the need for the variable $sjarun if its only function is to be the command that's executed on the next line. Brian -- 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/