cygwin 1.3.20-1 - strange problems with long command lines in nt4

[Randall R Schulz]

At 16:00 2003-03-12, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>
>...
>
> > >Just got another idea.  See if this helps:
> > ><http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN733>
> >
> > I believe the @argFileName syntax only works when a non-Cygwin program
> > invokes a Cygwin program.
> >
> > I cannot make the example given in the user guide section you mention
> > work as shown (under BASH). It does work when run from CMD.exe.
>
>Randall,
>
>I believe we *were* talking about stracing the offending program under
>cmd.exe...
>     Igor


Igor,

Really? Both cases appear in the earlier messages on this thread.

Nonetheless, I think that the wider implication of erroneous recipes in 
the documentation should be pointed out. No?


Randall Schulz 


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