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From: Andrew Schulman <andrex AT alumni DOT utexas DOT net>
Subject:  Re: Spaces in Paths
Date:  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:59:16 -0500
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> >> 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

You should find and study a good reference on shell quoting.  I first 
learned about it from chapter 9 of Unix Power Tools, but I'm sure the 
bash manual also describes it well.  Unfortunately, in general it can be 
quite a PITA to keep track of file names with spaces in them, especially 
when you start working with lists of file names.  But with practice it 
gets easier.

Good luck,
Andrew.


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