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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen" <_garbage_collector_ AT telia DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: "which" command does not expand "~" in path (base-files update needed)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:42:55 +0200
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you wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 02:43:38PM -0500, Brian Ford wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> Of course there is a simple solution: lose the quotes.  AFAICT,
>>>> they aren't needed.
>>> 
>>> IMHO, they are.  Windows programs often put directories containing
>>> spaces in the system path.  ex: 
>>> 
>>> /cygdrive/c/Program Files/ATI Technologies/ATI Control Panel
>> 
>> Try the above with a PATH that contains spaces.  Spaces are
>> preserved. 
> 
> Ugh..., you're right.  I'm sure I've been bitten by something very
> similar to this before though (scratches head)?

Spaces in arguments (e.g. filenames) always bites, eventually.
/giggle/ There is no escape ;-)


/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems            --72-->

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