Extracting to another directory using cygwin


 
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Old 04-03-2016
IIRC, if you are in CygWin then the location is at:-
/cygdrive/c/progra~1/php/script
OR
/cygdrive/c/"program files"/php/script
Depending on the Windows version.
I don't think this path is case sensitive...
# 9  
Old 04-04-2016
interesting . Instead of putting the whole directory between double quotes , we put only the file name in which there is the space between double quotes . Good idea

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