[time-nuts] Heather Problem..

WB6BNQ wb6bnq at cox.net
Mon Jul 23 23:25:00 UTC 2012


Hi John,

I stand corrected.  I fooled myself because I usually load my programs in a
different directory where no spaces exists.  thus I was lulled into not learning
something before.  Thanks for the refresher.

Bill....WB6BNQ

John Miles wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> > Behalf Of WB6BNQ
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 3:07 PM
> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Heather Problem..
> >
> > Hi Bud,
> >
> > the /2 should be inside the quotes as you show it.  Of course the quotes
> are not
> > used in the windows environment.  That should be /3 if you are wanting to
> go to
> > port 3.  So your command line, used in the ICON or link, should read:
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Heather\heather.exe /3
>
> Actually that's not the case; the quotes are required anytime a pathname
> with spaces is used.  Otherwise there would be no easy way for the OS to
> tell where the filename stops and any command-line parameters begin.  If it
> weren't for the space in the "Program Files" subdirectory name, the quotes
> wouldn't be needed at all.
>
> So in the case of Heather, yes, you do need the quotes for Windows' benefit,
> and you also need a space after the closing quote for Heather's benefit.
>
> (Pro tip: If you know that your Program Files directory has the short name
> progra~1, you could change the shortcut to use
> c:\progra~1\heather\heather.exe and dispense with the quotes.  This hack is
> less straightforward now that 64-bit versions of Windows use "Program Files
> (x86)" for legacy 32-bit software like LH.  On my system, Heather ends up in
> c:\progra~2\heather\heather.exe.)
>
> -- john, KE5FX
>
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