X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45A6AEC7.8010402@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:40:23 -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> <45A6650D DOT 8010107 AT cygwin DOT com> <4e41f5c20701111300o5a3035bg338467bfdc67f400 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4e41f5c20701111300o5a3035bg338467bfdc67f400@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 Morgan Gangwere wrote: > On 1/11/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> 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/ >> >> > > on ly machine, cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE it returs this: > $cygpath -w "$USERPROFILE > /cygdrive/c/Documents And Settings/User/ > unescaped. > Why is everyone leaving off the final quote? All I can say to the above (since you got the intended result despite the syntax error) is try it without the quotes and you'll see why I made the suggestion to quote 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/