dealing with spaces in paths

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Morgan Gangwere wrote:
> On 1/11/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> 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. :-)
>>
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>>
>> A: Yes.
>>  > Q: Are you sure?
>>  >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>  >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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> 
> 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.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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