Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:26:10 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Win 9X style long command lines
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On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Morten Welinder wrote:

> This is from memory, but don't you get the quotes as part of the
> argument then?  I seem to remember that echo ">" actually outputs
> the quotes.

Your memory is right, as always ;-).  The quotes don't get removed by 
DOS/Windows shells.  But the page said it cannot be done, not that the 
quotes are left behind.