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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:12:40 -0400
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Subject: Re: Re: Want to let variable pass to cygstart.
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed AT gmail DOT com>
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Phil Betts wrote:
> Except that single quotes will also prevent variable substitution. =C2=A0=
If
> you want to use metacharacters AND variables, you have to use the
> backslash to escape the metacharacters.

...or just use double quotes instead, which allow variable
substitution and also the non-variable-substitution metacharacters
like &.

cygstart "http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext?ID=3D$MyWiley=
ID&PLACEBO=3DIE.pdf&mode=3Dpdf"


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