From 0b386fc1984ab74ee59b7bed14b7e8f57212c22b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iain Patterson Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:28:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Notes on escaping quotes. Brian Baxter points out that to install a service from the command prompt with quotes in the options it is necessary to quote the quotes as follows: nssm install service "c:\Program Files\app.exe" """C:\Path with spaces""" --- README.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index b772c36..904468a 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ with the given options (if you specified any). Don't forget to enclose paths in "quotes" if they contain spaces! +If you want to include quotes in the options you will need to """quote""" the +quotes. + Managing the service -------------------- @@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ the default language when the user's display language was not translated. Thanks to Riccardo Gusmeroli for Italian translation. Thanks to Eric Cheldelin for the inspiration to generate a Control-C event on shutdown. +Thanks to Brian Baxter for suggesting how to escape quotes from the command prompt. Licence ------- -- 2.20.1