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From: Jutta Wait
Subject: Windows command line parsing bug
Date: 6 Jan 2002 17:19:27
Message: <3c38cd6f@news.povray.org>
If the name of an INI file passed to POVRay on the Windows command line
contains spaces (typically in the directory part of the name), a space is
always taken as a token delimiter, even if the name is enclosed in quotes.
I have only had the '~' form of the file name be successful in these cases.


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From: bob h
Subject: Re: Windows command line parsing bug
Date: 7 Jan 2002 03:17:47
Message: <3c3959ab$1@news.povray.org>
Have a look at the Scene Help section 5.1.2 Using INI Files, last paragraph.
Since this isn't specific to Windows and meant for cross platform
compatibility spaces aren't allowed on the command line.

bob h

"Jutta Wait" <JWA### [at] insightrrcom> wrote in message
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> If the name of an INI file passed to POVRay on the Windows command line
> contains spaces (typically in the directory part of the name), a space is
> always taken as a token delimiter, even if the name is enclosed in quotes.
> I have only had the '~' form of the file name be successful in these
cases.


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From: Ty Wait
Subject: Re: Windows command line parsing bug
Date: 12 Jan 2002 17:16:31
Message: <3c40b5bf$1@news.povray.org>
Bob -

Thanks!  I missed that point.

-Ty

"bob h" <omn### [at] charternet> wrote in message
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Have a look at the Scene Help section 5.1.2 Using INI Files, last paragraph.
Since this isn't specific to Windows and meant for cross platform
compatibility spaces aren't allowed on the command line.

bob h

"Jutta Wait" <JWA### [at] insightrrcom> wrote in message
news:3c38cd6f@news.povray.org...
> If the name of an INI file passed to POVRay on the Windows command line
> contains spaces (typically in the directory part of the name), a space is
> always taken as a token delimiter, even if the name is enclosed in quotes.
> I have only had the '~' form of the file name be successful in these
cases.


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: Windows command line parsing bug
Date: 12 Jan 2002 18:42:12
Message: <3c40c9d4@news.povray.org>
In article <3c3959ab$1@news.povray.org> , "bob h" <omn### [at] charternet> 
wrote:

> Have a look at the Scene Help section 5.1.2 Using INI Files, last paragraph.
> Since this isn't specific to Windows and meant for cross platform
> compatibility spaces aren't allowed on the command line.

Actually, in the documentation at this place there are multiple errors and
some things said are outdated.  It is too long to explain here.  Expect a
correction in either beta 10 or beta 11.  (To docs coordinator: I will
explain it to you soon in p.pre-beta)

    Thorsten

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