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Wolfgang Laun wrote:
> Torsten,
>
> there is the issue of passing one (1) argument though cmd.exe even when it
> contains spaces. This is achieved by quoting with "...". The contents of this
>
> string (as seen by cleartool, after the command processor has removed the
> outer level of quoting) should be a string, again surrounded by quotes.
> Clearly, one cannot write ""a b c"", so the *inner* quotes have to be
> protected, and this is done by prefixing them with '\'. So:
>
> clearcase mkattr test "\"a & b --> c\"" test.txt
>
> Regards,
> -Wolfgang
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > has anybody an idea how to assign a string of special characters and space
> > characters (e.g. "a & b --> c") to an attribute (ClearCase 3.2.1, NT)?
> >
> > According to the reference manual I tried out
> > clearcase mkattr test \"a & b --> c\" test.txt@@
> > as well as
> > clearcase mkattr test \""a & b --> c"\" test.txt@@
> >
> > Both commands do not work.
> >
> > Funny, because
> > clearcase mkattr test \"a&b-->c\" test.txt@@
> > does work with strings without space characters as well as
> > clearcase mkattr test \""a and b results in c"\" test.txt@@
> > does work with strings without special characters.
> > The combination of special characters and space characters seems to be the
> > problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
> >
> > Torsten
> >
> > Dr.-Ing. Torsten Berger
> > Robert Bosch GmbH - K8/EWG
> > phone (+49) 711 811 33844
> > fax (+49) 711 811 2850
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