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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:08:42 +0100
From:	Hack Kampbjorn <cygwin AT hack DOT kampbjorn DOT com>
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To:	"Steven E. Harris" <seharris AT raytheon DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Filenames with spaces: very rare in Cygwin
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Steven E. Harris wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> writes:
> 
> 
>>FWIW, space is a valid filename character on both Unix and Windows.
>>This means that any script that assumes filenames to be space-free
>>(and lacking other shell special characters) is, IMO, broken.
> 
> 
> Keychain has a lot of these space-in-filenames problems. I sent a
> corrective patch against keychain 2.0.3 to the two listed maintainers
> at the end of November, but received no reply.
> 
If you send the patch to the list I'll look at it and possibly release an 
updated cygwin package. But keep bugging the gentoo people that I don't have to 
maintain local patches.

-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Hack Kampbjørn


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