Another 'newbie' question :) (fwd)

[lawson_whitney at juno.com]

Paul wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I have installed wine from 'codeweavers' via rpm onto my Red Hat 6.2
> system.
> I also got hold of itcl and everything appears to be in place. I
> configured ok maimly just by following the auto-process which ran.
>
> Having read the notes I have tried to start MS Word using the following
> command:
>
> wine c:\mnt\vfat\program files\microsoft office\office\winword.exe

If you would just read man wine, section PROGRAM/ARGUMENTS....

The command line gets handled by the unix shell before ever wine sees
it, so characters that are significant to the shell must be protected
from being interpreted by the shell.


> wine 'c:\mnt\vfat\program files\microsoft office\office\winword.exe'

or:
> wine c:\\mnt\\vfat\\program\ files\\microsoft\
\ office\\office\\winword.exe

(A line that ends with a \
is continued on the next line.  _that_ particular backslash is just to
protect the example from being folded in the mail.)

>
> I get 'a failure status of 2' message and the following log report:
>
> /opt/wine/bin/wine.bin: cannot find 'c:mntvfatprogram'

That is what you told wine to run.  "echo" is a handy way to see what
the shell will do with a given command line.
>
> Is this just a syntax error? I've tried \ and / and include CAPS but is
> it case sensitive?
>
> I'm new to the world of Linux but Windoze is doing my head in so I
> intend to keep going. Any help appreciated. As an afterthought 'vfat' is
> mounted at boot.
>
> I am trying to copy the debug file - but that is eluding me at the
> moment!!

wine <blah>  2>debugfile
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul.
>
Lawson

First shoot the arrow.  Then draw the bulls-eye. - J. A. Soucy
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