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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:00:19 -0700
From: "Morgan Gangwere" <0.fractalus@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: dealing with spaces in paths
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On 1/11/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
> > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote:
> >
> >> homedir=`cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE"`
> >> mount -buf "$homedir" "$HOME"/myh
> >>
> >> This is recreated from memory because I don't have access to Cygwin now.
> >> But this is essentially what worked fine for me last night.  Note, the
> >> quote around USERPROFILE is important.
> >
> > How about simply:
> >
> > mount -buf "$(cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE")" "$HOME/myh"
>
> I see no reason that can't work as well.  But I wasn't attempting to
> change the style of the script.  I was just trying to point out why
> what the OP had wouldn't work well in the cases he described.  If the
> one-liner you propose above works for the OP's needs, I'd certainly
> recommend using it. :-)
>
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> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> A: Yes.
>  > Q: Are you sure?
>  >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>  >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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on ly machine, cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE it returs this:
$cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE
/cygdrive/c/Documents And Settings/User/
unescaped.

-- 
Morgan gangwere

"Space does not reflect society, it expresses it." -- Castells, M.,
Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in
the Information Age, in The Cybercities Reader, S. Graham, Editor.
2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93.

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