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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: bash, filename completion and spaces in path components [was RE: SSH Environment]
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:02:34 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner  On Behalf Of Andrew DeFaria
> Sent: 29 September 2004 16:16

> However, one trick that I do to more easily deal with the "Program 
> Files" think is:
> 
> $ mount -bsf "/cydrive/c/Program Files" /apps
> 
> Then it's simply /apps/<application>/<etc>. Much easier to deal with, 
> shorter and file name completion under bash works well with this.

  I use the same trick myself because a lot of apps can't handle a filename with a
space in it, not even if it gets correctly escaped and passed through to argv, but
I've never known bash filename completion to have a problem: it escapes all the
spaces and other metachars beautifully.  Sometimes I use it just to save me having
to figure out what needs escaping and what doesn't.  What problem do you see?

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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