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Cygwin-X shortcuts and installation to "c:\Program Files\cygwin"
- From: Mike McCollister <mikemccollister at yahoo dot com>
- To: Cygwin XFree Forum LIST <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:02:55 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Cygwin-X shortcuts and installation to "c:\Program Files\cygwin"
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: MikeMcCollister at yahoo dot com
I have installed cygwin, plus Cygwin-X, to c:\progra~1\cygwin. I have used it
that way for years. However, I have noticed that when I try to run an
X-Windows program using the pre-defined shortcuts in the start menu, such as
xcalc or bitmap, that they will not run. When I look at the properties of the
program I get this error message with run.exe:
Error: Couldn't find Files\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe" -p /usr/X11R6/bin
xcalc -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 anywhere. I even looked in the PATH...
It appears that the shortcut uses "C:\Program Files" in it and the space is
causing problems. I have modified the startxwin.bat and startxwin.sh scripts
so that the proper directory is being used but that did not make a difference.
I can run these programs from the command line without any problems. It just
appears that the run command needs to take into account that it might reside in
a directory with spaces in it.
Mike
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