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Re: Spaces in Paths
Jonathan Arnold 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.
Here's what I do:
$ mount -bsf C:/Program\ Files /apps
Thereafter change references of /cygdrive/c/program\ files -> /apps as
in /apps/mysql/MySQL/Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe - Hmmm... there's
still another spaced path component there - the Server\ 4.1 portion. Not
sure if that will completely solve your problem but it alleviates the
problem with the space in Program Files and makes for a handy reference
that allows for filename completions as in ls /apps/moz<tab>. You might
need to change Server\ 4.1 to Server~1 or it's equivalent mangled short
name.
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