On 07/13/2012 09:33 AM, Earnie Boyd wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Alexander Konovalov > wrote: >> Dear Cygwin experts, >> >> I am trying to open the exact location in the html file using my default >> browser with the command of the form >> >> cygstart.exe file:///C:/somepath/doc/ref/chap31.html#X84F59A2687C62763 >> > > In POSIX shells # indicates to ignore the following as a comment. Only if it is the first character of a shell word. $ echo a#b #c a#b > Quote the # as in \# to avoid it. Won't help here; as # isn't the first character of the shell word. -- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org