Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
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" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>; "Earnie Boyd"
<earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>; "Town, Brad" <btown AT ceddec DOT com>; "'Ignasi
Palou-Rivera'" <palou AT yahoo DOT com>; <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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" <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
> >To: "Town, Brad" <btown AT ceddec DOT com>; "'Ignasi Palou-Rivera'"
> ><palou AT yahoo DOT com>; <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
> >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" <btown AT ceddec DOT com> 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