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From: zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk>
Subject:  Re: Spaces in Paths
Date:  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:45:07 +0100
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:34:12 -0500,  wrote:

>zzapper wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Mysql has now moved under c:/program files/
>> 
>> My backup bash script will run correctly if I use the follwing syntax 
>> 
>> /cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe $params
>> 
>> However it doesn't work if I try to load the above into a variable
>> 
>> eg
>> mysqldump='/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe'
>> 
>> I get "/cygdrive/c/program\: No such file or directory..."
>> 
>> Is this just hard luck?
>
>Nope, just the way the quoting rules work. You've already quoted the spaces by
>using the ' character around it.  Either remove the \s or remove the 's.
Jonathon,
I believe I've tried all combinations! with single, double quotes, with and w/o backslashes



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