Re: "bash -c" inquery

[Shankar Unni <shankar at cotagesoft dot com>]

Elfyn McBratney wrote:

> > why this command did not work correctly ??
> > c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i -c "net use \\\\view\\MCDT1_ST72521"

> Should be '\\server\resource' when called from within Windows.

Actually, in this case, he needs to go the other way: one set of 
back-slashes is eaten when the bash -c command is parsed above, and 
another set of backslashes is eaten when bash actually executes the 
command, so try:

  bash --login -i -c "net use \\\\\\\\view\\\\MCDT1_ST72521"

(Seriously!)
--
Shankar.



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