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Re: dealing with spaces in paths


Morgan Gangwere wrote:
On 1/11/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
Brian Dessent wrote:
> "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote:
>
>> homedir=`cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE"`
>> mount -buf "$homedir" "$HOME"/myh
>>
>> This is recreated from memory because I don't have access to Cygwin now.
>> But this is essentially what worked fine for me last night. Note, the
>> quote around USERPROFILE is important.
>
> How about simply:
>
> mount -buf "$(cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE")" "$HOME/myh"


I see no reason that can't work as well.  But I wasn't attempting to
change the style of the script.  I was just trying to point out why
what the OP had wouldn't work well in the cases he described.  If the
one-liner you propose above works for the OP's needs, I'd certainly
recommend using it. :-)

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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on ly machine, cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE it returs this: $cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE /cygdrive/c/Documents And Settings/User/ unescaped.


Why is everyone leaving off the final quote?


All I can say to the above (since you got the intended result despite the
syntax error) is try it without the quotes and you'll see why I made the
suggestion to quote it.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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