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Date: | Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:27:59 -0500 |
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Subject: | Re: stupid spaces in environment vars |
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David Bear wrote: > I would like to have used something like > > cd $USERPROFILE > > in a bash script but since windows insists on putting spaces in names, this > seems impossible. > > I did find a usecase where the spaces in c:\Documents and Settings\username > were tripple quoted. However, this did not work for me. Bash still wanted > to split on the space. > > Is there any cool utility that could be used like > cleanpath=pathcleaner($USERPROFILE) > cd $cleanpath > > I know this is a consistent issue with cygwin. There really needs to be a > good solution. $ cat cup #!/bin/bash cd "$USERPROFILE" pwd $ ./cup /Documents and Settings/me What's the problem again? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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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