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how do you create an usable path variable with a space in it?


I've been trying to create a variable for my Java home (/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.5.0_10). However, no matter how I seem to create it, I am not able to use it. I read some threads that suggest creating a symlink without the space in the path name, but is that my only option?

What is weird is, I have set "echo on", the path it uses to find java.exe is correct and if I cut and paste it to the command line, it works. Here is what I did:

# create variable

export JAVA_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.5.0_10'

echo $JAVA_HOME
/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.5.0_10

"$JAVA_HOME"/bin/java.exe -cp "$CLASSPATH" ....
./test.sh: line 32: /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.5.0_10/bin/java.exe: No such file or directory



However, when I copy the command and run it interactive, the command works. I seem to be getting the backslash in the right spot, and it does work interactively. What else should I do? Should I be adding more quotes or something? Any idea what I am doing wrong?


thanks,

Jerome


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