Want to let variable pass to cygstart.

[Mark J. Reed]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Phil Betts wrote:
> Except that single quotes will also prevent variable substitution.  If
> you want to use metacharacters AND variables, you have to use the
> backslash to escape the metacharacters.

...or just use double quotes instead, which allow variable
substitution and also the non-variable-substitution metacharacters
like &.

cygstart "http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext?ID=$MyWileyID&PLACEBO=IE.pdf&mode=pdf"


-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>

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