Re: latest cygwin: 'run' problem

[Marco Atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>]

On 02/09/2014 19:37, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Gerry Reno writes:
> > I have a script that issues this command:
> >
> >      run $WINDIR/system32/mstsc.exe  /multimon /v:$IP:3389
> >
> >
> > And before this script has always succeeded but now it errors as follows:
> >
> >      Invalid connection file (/v:192.168.1.27:3389) specified
> >
> > In a terminal window I can run the command directly and it succeeds:
> >
> >      $WINDIR/system32/mstsc.exe  /multimon /v:$IP:3389
> >
> > But 'run' no longer successfully runs the command.
> >
> > Can someone verify this?
>
> Well I can verify that this happens, but I have no idea why.  It seems
> that mstsc doesn't parse the option as option when  started via runâ
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.

I noticed that

 run "$WINDIR/system32/mstsc.exe  /multimon /v:my_ip:3389"

produces equivalent output of

 mstsc.exe  /multimon /v:my_ip:3389

so eventually run is splitting the arguments in a way that mstsc
does not like

Marco


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