spaces in paths in bash, and the FAQ

[Michael Hoffman]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Robinow, David wrote:

>  Well, you've screwed yourself by putting spaces in your path.

You could always use (e.g.) /c/progra~1/python21. Ick.

In any case, the following example will work:

$ pico=/c/Program\ Files/Pine/pico.exe
$ echo $pico
/c/Program Files/Pine/pico.exe
$ "$pico"

And pico starts up just fine.
-- 
Michael Hoffman <grouse@mail.utexas.edu>
The University of Texas at Austin


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