Re: [Mingw-users] PKZIP Bad File Number

[Mcgroder, J. <jam...@hp...>]

>>> on 2011-05-03 3:44pm EDT Keith Marshall wrote: 

>>> command.com, like cmd.exe, doesn't expand [wildcards].
Excellent point to be mindful of as well as the 
appropriate use of quotes when migrating batch functions 
from MS-DOS to MSYS. 

>>> the maximum that any MS-DOS program can accept is 126 chars
I was under the assumption it was around 255, thank you for 
providing the correct limit. 

> On 03/05/11 18:01, Greg Chicares wrote:
>If you paste
> the expanded command line into CMD.EXE and it fails
Yep, it crashed - great technique to keep in mind for future migrations.

> workaround, try quoting the filename that contains wildcards.
Worked perfectly - thank you.