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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
Subject:  Re: Spaces in Paths
Date:  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:43:22 -0800
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Jonathan Arnold 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.

Here's what I do:

$ mount -bsf C:/Program\ Files /apps

Thereafter change references of /cygdrive/c/program\ files -> /apps as 
in /apps/mysql/MySQL/Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe - Hmmm... there's 
still another spaced path component there - the Server\ 4.1 portion. Not 
sure if that will completely solve your problem but it alleviates the 
problem with the space in Program Files and makes for a handy reference 
that allows for filename completions as in ls /apps/moz<tab>. You might 
need to change Server\ 4.1 to Server~1 or it's equivalent mangled short 
name.
-- 
Did anyone see my lost carrier?


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