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Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com> writes:

> Well, I know the embedded quotes won't work in Windows.   I *thought* they
> caused problems in Unix-style environments too, but now I can't reproduce
> that.

Windows' quoting is... unique.  I didn't even know that single quotes
worked instead of double quotes, but I'm not really surprised that
they only work on the ends of arguments.

It turns out that rc doesn't like unquoted equals characters in
arguments either; maybe I should just quote everything.

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"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."
        -- Fred Allen


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