X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: wu_xiaomin@emc.com Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Could not touch file when specify full path in Cygwin in .bat file Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:22:05 -0400 Message-ID: <38EA73F8F9C1844FA2ECE82DEE237F3C224E34@CORPUSMX40B.corp.emc.com> To: Cc: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k5CJMhF4008303 Hi, Cygwin support group, I have problem to touch a file when specify the full path. Here are some examples. MKS works fine -- Filename with special characters D:\>touch D:\usr\meta\boxster\UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\Tree\!@#$%&()_+.!@#$%&()_+ ) was unexpected at this time. -- With the quote on filename D:\>touch D:\usr\meta\boxster\UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\Tree\"!@#$%&()_+.!@#$%&()_+" touch: cannot touch `D:\\usr\\meta\\boxster\\UNITw2kMixednew\\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\\Tree\\!@#$%&()_+.!@#$%&()_+': No such file or directory -- We can touch a file with the double quota in DOS cmd window. D:\>touch "D:\usr\meta\boxster\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\Tree\!@#$%()_+.!@#$%&()_+" D:\usr\meta\boxster\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\Tree>ls !@#$%()_+.!@#$%&()_+ --- If we put this touch command in windows batch file -- (clone.bat) file, it won't work. SET TEST_SERVER=D:\usr\meta\boxster\UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\Tree touch "%TEST_SERVER%\!@#$%%^&()_+.!@#$%%^&()_+" <== (we try touch without quote, same result) --- run .bat file D:\usr\meta\boxster\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205>cmd /c clone.bat touch: cannot touch `D:\\usr\\meta\\boxster\\UNITw2kMixednew\\boxster_UNITw2kMixednew_0205\\Tree\\!@#$%^&()_+.!@#$%^&()_+': No such file or directory Do you know why is that and how do we make it work in .bat file? Thanks a lot for your help! Xiaomin EMC˛ Where Information Lives Xiaomin Wu Phone#: 508-305-8783 Ext: 48783 E-mail: wu_xiaomin@emc.com -- 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/