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Date: | Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:52:34 -0700 |
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Jesse Hogan wrote: > $ PF="/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files" > $ export PF > $ cd $PF > : cd: /cygdrive/c/Program\: No such file or directory > $ ls $PF > ls: /cygdrive/c/Program\: No such file or directory > ls: Files: No such file or directory You are simultaneously overquoting and underquoting. When you assign a value to PF you need to use either quotes or backslash-escapes, but not both. When you 'cd' you need to quote the argument if it contains spaces. $ export PF="/cygdrive/c/Program Files" $ cd "$PF" Brian -- 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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