Hi Fabian, I tried this already, sorry, I should have mentionned too. I even made a small script like this (for those who have interests in) : #!/bin/bash # ## -------- convert unix path into wine path with z:\ --------- if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo usage: $0 /unix/path/to/file exit fi echo "\"z:"$(pwd)/$1\" | sed 's/\//\\/g' ## eof for instance, I give : => cups-pdf/esf.pdf and I get : => "z:\home\christophe27cups-pdf\esf.pdf" (including the " signs) Then the problem is still whole : * why can I start 'acroread cups-pdf/esf.pdf ' if you say I should use a windows semantic * why does it work when givng in 'acroread "z:\home\christophe27\cups-pdf\esf.pdf"' but not working with 'acroread $(into_wine.sh cups-pdf/esf.pdf)' ____________Reply to_________________ >I use wine to invoke Acrobat. >I made a shortcut like this to acroread : >"exec wine -- /mnt/disk/wtravail/applis-perso/adobe/Acrobat/Acrobat.exe $1 >2>/dev/null" >to get it started. > >Can anyone explain why I sometimes get "file open error : file doesn't exist" >? >I tested following : >acroread esf.pdf => works >acroread cups-pdf/esf.pdf => works (with relativ dir.) >acroread ~/cups-pdf/esf.pdf => doesn't work (whereas dir. cups-pdf is in my ~) >acroread /home/christophe27/cups-pdf/esf.pdf => doesn't work The filepath is a parameter to Acrobat, not to wine, so it should be Windows notation, like C:\cups-pdf\esf.pdf. Make sure you have the needed path set to a drive in the config file. bye Fabi _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users