I run a portable edition of Strawberry Perl (under Windows 8.1) invoked by the batch file portableshell.bat which contains the following line:

set PATH=%drivep%\perl\site\bin;%drivep%\perl\bin;%drivep%\c\bin;%PATH
+%

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This has been working well. However, after updating MySQL and installing MySQL Workbench, I now have a directory:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Fabric 1.5 & MySQL Utilities 1.5

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which has also been added to the PATH environment variable. Now, when I open a normal Windows command prompt, the PATH is set correctly; but when I run portableshell.bat the ampersand in the directory name is interpreted as a “special character” and the path is truncated.

Google search has led me to the following suggested fixes:

I’ve tried these in various permutations, but so far nothing works. :-(

Yes, I could rename the directory, but I’m afraid this will break, e.g., MySQL Notifier.

So, is there an equivalent of quotemeta for Windows batch files? Or another workaround?

Thanks,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to [OT] Invoking Perl via batchfile: ampersand in PATH [Solved] by Athanasius

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