Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <060201c03b12$fdeb24b0$f7c723cb@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: References: <20001020135512 DOT 24681 DOT qmail AT web116 DOT yahoomail DOT com> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20001020191326 DOT 0206e130 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Subject: Re: CygWin 1.1.4: problem in default /etc/profile when HOME has s paces Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:57:10 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Oct 2000 03:51:40.0620 (UTC) FILETIME=[384A08C0:01C03B12] Well the path variable is an example of this that seems to work w/o problems. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: "Robert Collins" ; "Earnie Boyd" ; "Town, Brad" ; "'Ignasi Palou-Rivera'" ; Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 10:17 AM Subject: Re: CygWin 1.1.4: problem in default /etc/profile when HOME has s paces > If you can figure a way to make sure that spaces in HOME are always treated > as escaped no matter how its used, that's a possibility. After doing some > shell programming, its not clear to me how one could guarantee that spaces > in any environment variable is always escaped but just because the notion > eludes me doesn't mean it couldn't be done!;-) > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > > At 07:13 PM 10/20/2000, Robert Collins wrote: > >What about having cygwin "\ " escape the spaces? > > > >Worth a thought? > > > >Rob > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Earnie Boyd" > >To: "Town, Brad" ; "'Ignasi Palou-Rivera'" > >; > >Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 12:55 AM > >Subject: RE: CygWin 1.1.4: problem in default /etc/profile when HOME has s > >paces > > > > > > > Brad's comment is certainly valid but your solution, Ignasi, is already > > > implemented in the current setup.exe. IMO the better solution is to use a > > > mount point like so (using Brad's example): > > > mkdir -p /home/palau ;# if it doesn't already exist > > > mount -b "C:/Documents and Settings/palau/My Documents" /home/palau > > > > > > I suppose that we should add a W2K entry in the TODO list for this issue. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Earnie. > > > --- "Town, Brad" wrote: > > > > The best solution would be to not have spaces in HOME at all, since it > > > > breaks many a good program. For example, if you wanted your home > >directory > > > > to be "C:\Documents and Settings\palau\My Documents", you could use > > > > "C:\Docume~1\palau\MyDocu~1" or a mount point. > > > > > > > > Brad Town > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Ignasi Palou-Rivera [mailto:palou AT yahoo DOT com] > > > > > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:33 AM > > > > > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > > Subject: CygWin 1.1.4: problem in default /etc/profile when HOME has > > > > > spaces > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The default /etc/profile for the 1.1.4 version of CygWin chokes when > > > > > HOME is defined including blanks. The solution is to quote the > > > > > reference to $HOME in line 14: > > > > > > > > > > IPALOU$ diff profile profile.orig > > > > > 14c14 > > > > > < if [ ! -d "$HOME" ]; then > > > > > --- > > > > > > if [ ! -d $HOME ]; then > > > > > > > > > > I'm running under Win2000, but I'm sure that's irrelevant. > > > > > > > > > > Ignasi. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > > > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > -- > > > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > > > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Want to unsubscribe from this list? > >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com