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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: landocalrissian <landocalrissian AT att DOT net>
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Subject: RE: Strange problem with MC (Attn: MC maintainer)
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, landocalrissian wrote:

> Hello from Gregg C Levine
> I did what you suggested Igor. Now I'm getting:
> bash: command substitution: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for
> matching `"
> '
> bash: command substitution: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> It also says that:
> /tmp/mc-Gregg: Can't open /tmp/mc-Gregg: No such file or directory
>
> That from trying to browse a BZIP2 compressed tar file. This is also part of
> my original complain.
> Did I cause that, by changing something? What can I do to prevent it?

Are you sure you copied the change I suggested verbatim?  Looks like you
reversed the '"' and the '`' in your copy...  Make sure line 5 reads

 	MC_PWD="`cat "$MC_PWD_FILE"`"

(e.g., by cutting and pasting) and you should be ok.
	Igor
P.S. Oh, and <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>, even if it's the
list address.  Thanks.

> Gregg C Levine landocalrissian atsign att dot net
> "This signature isn't here."
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xxxxxxxxx AT xxxxx  [mailto:xxxxxxxxx AT xxxxx On Behalf Of
> > Igor Pechtchanski
> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:37 PM
> > To: landocalrissian
> > Cc: cygwin AT XXXXXX DOT XXX
> > Subject: Re: Strange problem with MC (Attn: MC maintainer)
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, landocalrissian wrote:
> >
> > > Hello from Gregg C Levine
> > > Here's a funny thing that's been happening ever since I installed Cygwin
> > > here, and subscribed to this list:
> > > cat: /tmp/mc-Gregg: No such file or directory
> > > cat: C: No such file or directory
> > > cat: Levine/mc.pwd.1992: No such file or directory
> >
> > This is a quoting bug in line 5 of the /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh
> > script, which says:
> >
> > 	MC_PWD="`cat $MC_PWD_FILE`"
> >
> > This should be
> >
> > 	MC_PWD="`cat "$MC_PWD_FILE"`"
> >
> > MC maintainer, please note.  In the meantime, you can fix it in your local
> > copy.
> > 	Igor
> >
> > > As all of you can see, the program is attempting to parse the name that tmp
> > > lives in, inside my Documents and Setting folder, and then inside the local
> > > settings folder. And since the folder with my name on it is considered a
> > > "system folder", with those requirements and privleges, I can't rename it.
> > > What's interesting, is that it works normally, except for activities
> > > regarding access to the tmp directory. Are there any work arounds? If I'm
> > > bringing this to the wrong list, then I'll be happy to resend it to the
> > > proper one.
> > > Gregg C Levine landocalrissian atsign att dot net
> > > "This signature asks, "Where am I?"."

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