On 17.07.14 20:19, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> Is this still the thread on which:
> 
> $ rm windows 7
> 
> failed, because the paths "windows" and "7" were not present?

Now I recall, the other thread on which I'm simultaneously discussing
the problems which spaces in filenames cause is:

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/avr-gcc-list/2014-07/msg00008.html

There, the OP found that "make" failed to handle aberrant filenames
(i.e. with spaces). The OP's final cure was to change the directory name
to use '_' instead of spaces, and that was on windows 7.

He had thought that he couldn't do that, so I suggested a symlink or a
"mount --bind" to bury the one aberrantly named directory.

It seems demonstrably better to avoid dangerous spaces, rather than try
to paper over the issue with quoting or escaping, even  though that is a
sufficient workaround in simple cases.

Erik

-- 
Once is happenstance,
Twice is coincidence,
Three times is enemy action.
                - Auric Goldfinger

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