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in thread redirecting output from a system command to a text file

I just noticed that you are running under Cygwin in one of your replies, so the stuff about the current directory and %path% does not apply.

There must be a char in the filename that the shell finds interesting.
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Re^4: redirecting output from a system command to a text file
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 19, 2011 at 20:30 UTC
    Hmm. OK, I am back to square 1. the ticks around a does NOT work, it's just that the exe naturally will run on ALL pdf's in a directory.