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Bo Berglund wrote: > If the loginfo line specifies the user to receive email using the -r > option then CVSNT seems to split the -r argument into separate parts > if it contains a backslash: > -rDOMINO\bob results in two arguments: > Parameter 4: -rDOMINO > Parameter 5: ob You should also see an error in the output from CVS when it sees that \b isn't a valid escape (or maybe \b is a valid escape sequence in this case). > > -rDOMINO\\bob results in two arguments: > Parameter 4: -rDOMINO > Parameter 5: bob That one seems strange to me too. That's why I tried the echo DOMAIN\\USER test and got that repeated strange character. Try putting this in your loginfo and see if you get it too: DEFAULT cmd /C echo I am $USER or am I DOMAIN1\\E123456 > > My interpretation is that if CVSNT finds a single \ it completely > skips the following character (bob is changed to ob) > But if it finds a double \\ then the first backslash makes the second > disappear, thus keeping the next one. Typically it's \n, \r, etc. for escapes and \\ if you really want a \. Somehow that remaining \ is getting corrupted or something, I don't get it. -- Glen Starrett