David Bear wrote on Friday, February 09, 2007 4:56 AM:: > Okay, the problem is in quoting in shell scripts, I think.
It is. It's not a Windows problem and it certainly isn't a cygwin problem. Although spaces occur more often in Windows than on other platforms, they can and do occur on Unix/Linux for example. Any properly written shell script must be written with the assumption that a path contains spaces. If they aren't, at best they are broken, at worst they are a security risk. If you're going to write shell scripts, learn to do it right. Learn the quotation rules, by which I mean both knowing what they are and UNDERSTAND them. Windows is only making you more aware of the issues because so many important paths include spaces. (Quite why anyone would *want* to create a path with spaces in it, particularly important paths, is beyond me, but then MS does a lot of dumb things) -- Phil Linux: enough rope to hang yourself Windows: a ready made noose conveniently placed around your neck -- 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/
