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

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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