title: Cygwin: using a path variable containing a windows path (with a space in it)
body: <p>I want to add some dirs to my PATH. 
  Unfortunately these dirs are located in windows path containing space (like the Documents and Settings)</p>
  
  <p>I've unsuccessfully tried to:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Create a variable:</strong>  </p>
  
  <pre><code>43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ winhome="/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/43598811/"
  
  43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ cd $winhome
  bash: cd: /cygdrive/c/Documents\: No such file or directory    
  
  43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ cd "$winhome"
  bash: cd: /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/43598811/: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Create an alias:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ alias winhome="/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/43598811/"
  
  43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ winhome
  bash: /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/43598811/: is a directory
  
  43598811@E250BZD20015026 ~
  $ cd winhome
  bash: cd: winhome: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Use a soft link:</strong>
  it is working... but I don't want to use this </p>
  
  <p>Any suggestion ? </p>