> FWIW, space is a valid filename character on both Unix and Windows. > This means that any script that assumes filenames to be space-free (and > lacking other shell special characters) is, IMO, broken. Yes, I see the force of this. Thank you. I will look at the script and try to amend it so that it no longer stumbles at these three. Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/