X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45A6650D.8010107@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:25:49 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: dealing with spaces in paths References: <1278386 DOT c5zxZe01gc AT teancum> <45A5AA85 DOT 1040204 AT cygwin DOT com> <3445035 DOT yTEPPvuVV4 AT teancum> <45A65607 DOT 3030404 AT cygwin DOT com> <45A65E18 DOT FB321B08 AT dessent DOT net> In-Reply-To: <45A65E18.FB321B08@dessent.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Brian Dessent wrote: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" wrote: > >> homedir=`cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE"` >> mount -buf "$homedir" "$HOME"/myh >> >> This is recreated from memory because I don't have access to Cygwin now. >> But this is essentially what worked fine for me last night. Note, the >> quote around USERPROFILE is important. > > How about simply: > > mount -buf "$(cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE")" "$HOME/myh" I see no reason that can't work as well. But I wasn't attempting to change the style of the script. I was just trying to point out why what the OP had wouldn't work well in the cases he described. If the one-liner you propose above works for the OP's needs, I'd certainly recommend using it. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/