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Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> For some reason (the presence of the pipe?) cmd.exe parses the forward
>> slash as an options separator rather than a path component in one case
>> but not the other. Quoting removes the ambiguity.
> Yes, my Cygwin question would be why does it store "/" in the registry
> for what is obviously a Windows path?

  Because that is a correct and valid syntax for a windows path.  Just because
cmd.exe can misparse it when you fail to quote it doesn't change that; it's no
more an "invalid" or "non-Windows" path than one with a space in it, which will
also give cmd.exe problems if you fail to quote it.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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