win32/2310: Error creating process (error 193)

[mortis at ucalgary dot ca]

>Number:         2310
>Category:       win32
>Synopsis:       Error creating process (error 193)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 07 03:28:01 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jeremy Mortis
>Release:        6.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
Windows XP SP2
>Description:
In both Cygwin and MinGW, if the full path of the executable being examined by gdb contains a space, one gets the message:
Error creating process ... (error 193).

Example:

C:\Documents and Settings\Tansay\My Documents>  
c:\mingw\bin\gdb HelloWorld

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(gdb) run
Starting program: C:\Documents and Settings\Tansay\My Documents/HelloWorld.exe
Error creating process C:\Documents and Settings\Tansay\My Documents/HelloWorld.
exe, (error 193).
(gdb)
>How-To-Repeat:
Put the executable being examined by gdb in a directory with a space in the full pathname.  Run.
>Fix:
As a workaround, don't keep your project in your "My Documents" folder, move it to C:\projects instead.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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