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From: | zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk> |
Subject: | Re: Spaces in Paths |
Date: | Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:45:07 +0100 |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:34:12 -0500, wrote: >zzapper wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Mysql has now moved under c:/program files/ >> >> My backup bash script will run correctly if I use the follwing syntax >> >> /cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe $params >> >> However it doesn't work if I try to load the above into a variable >> >> eg >> mysqldump='/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe' >> >> I get "/cygdrive/c/program\: No such file or directory..." >> >> Is this just hard luck? > >Nope, just the way the quoting rules work. You've already quoted the spaces by >using the ' character around it. Either remove the \s or remove the 's. Jonathon, I believe I've tried all combinations! with single, double quotes, with and w/o backslashes -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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