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Subject: Re: Makewhatis problem in Man 1.5p-1
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From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr DOT Volker DOT Zell AT oracle DOT com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:33:17 +0200
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>>>>> Bruce Jones writes:

    > Version info:
    > Windows XP Pro SP1
    > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28
    > Man 1.5p-1

    > The makewhatis shell script generates an error message when $PWD contains a
    > space, e.g. "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/username"  The message is:

    > /usr/sbin/makewhatis: line 380: cd: /cygdrive/c/Documents: No such file or
    > directory

    > Apart from the message the script appears to execute correctly.

    > Changing line 380 from 'cd $here' to 'cd "$here"' fixes the problem.

Noticed...

Ciao
  Volker


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