X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45CC41AB.80809@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:40:59 +0100 From: Tristen Hayfield User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0pre (Windows/20070207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: stupid spaces in environment vars References: <1207595.6YXS76RrHQ@teancum> <45CA8AAF.9050107@cygwin.com> <1851358.f0UO6cioO9@teancum> <45CBF0DD.4AD26775@dessent.net> <1822775.YxuMtajyO0@teancum> In-Reply-To: <1822775.YxuMtajyO0@teancum> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com David Bear wrote: > Brian Dessent wrote: > >> David Bear wrote: >> >>> Okay, the problem is in quoting in shell scripts, I think. >>> >>> Here's an example: >>> #!/usr/bin/bash >>> curdir=`pwd` >>> echo $curdir >>> prodir=`cygpath $USERPROFILE` >> Should be: >> >> prodir=$(cygpath "$USERPROFILE") >> >>> echo $prodir >>> cd $prodir >> Should be: >> >> cd "$prodir" >> >>> cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\\\ and\\\ Settings/$USERNAME >> Should be: >> >> cd "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/$USERNAME" >> >>> pwd >>> cd $curdir >> Should be: >> >> cd "$curdir" >> >> See the pattern? In general whenever you have a variable that might >> contain spaces you just need to quote it. Forget the triple-backslash >> nonsense. Double quotes are all you need. >> >> Brian > > thanks you very much. However, there is still something that doesn't work. > Here's a simple script that has problems. > > #!/bin/sh > # the user has write access to > src=`cygpath $USERPROFILE` > echo $src > r='snapshot1.pp.asu.edu' > opts=" -av --dry-run -e ssh" > rsync $opts "$src/" $USER@$r:~/$HOSTNAME > > > Please, why don't you RTFABSG: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Tristen -- 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/