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Problems starting tcsh when having spaces in username - with fix
- From: "Anders Ripa" <anders dot ripa at mailbox dot swipnet dot se>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:33:39 +0100
- Subject: Problems starting tcsh when having spaces in username - with fix
I get the message :
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Anders Ripa at RIPA3 ~
$ tcsh
if: Expression Syntax.
>
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When I try to run the tcsh command on my Windows XP Home machine
The problem as far as I have been able to trace it is that I have set up my user account with the name "Anders Ripa", e.g. it contains a space.
I have been able to trace the problem to the file:
/etc/profile.d/complete.tcsh
If I modify the file to use quotes in 4 places, then tcsh starts correctly.
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$ diff complete.tcsh fixed_complete.tcsh
2c2
< # $Id: complete.tcsh,v 1.1 2003/02/08 11:00:25 corinna Exp $
---
> # $Id: complete.tcsh,v 1.1 2001/12/21 12:22:24 corinna Exp $
26c26
< if ( -r $f ) then
---
> if ( -r "$f" ) then
30c30
< if ( -r $HOME/.netrc ) then
---
> if ( -r "$HOME/.netrc" ) then
236c236
< if ( -f $HOME/.mh_profile && -x "`which folders`" ) then
---
> if ( -f "$HOME/.mh_profile" && -x "`which folders`" ) then
643c643
< if (-r $HOME/.mailrc) then
---
> if (-r "$HOME/.mailrc") then
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Currently I have to reapply the fix when tcsh is updated.
I hope this can be of some help to other cygwin users.
Best regards
Anders Ripa
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Anders Ripa
http://www.ripa.se/anders/
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