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Arne Christian H=E5rseth wrote:
>=20
> I start up emacs from WinCVS and run ediff to compare two buffers. Emac=
s
> then gives the following error message:
>=20
> c:\Programfiler\GNU\WinCvs 1.2\diff.exe: missing operand
> c:\Programfiler\GNU\WinCvs 1.2\diff.exe: Try `c:\Programfiler\GNU\WinCv=
s
> 1.2\diff.exe --help' for more information.
>=20
> If I open the same files from a stand alone emacs it works just fine.

Does it help to rename the directory where you have WinCVS installed so t=
hat
the "WinCvs 1.2" part is changed to something without an embedded blank?

Also, what do you use for shell on that system?  Any non-default settings=
 of
shell-related variables?