Re: spaces in $PATH

2009-05-25 Thread newsletter
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: newsletter wrote: Hi all I am trying to configure the $PATH variable in cygwin and am having problems getting a path to program files to work. It keeps saying "Program: No such file or directory". I've tried to put quotes (both single and double) around the offendin

Re: spaces in $PATH

2009-05-25 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
newsletter wrote: Hi all I am trying to configure the $PATH variable in cygwin and am having problems getting a path to program files to work. It keeps saying "Program: No such file or directory". I've tried to put quotes (both single and double) around the offending line but it doesn't work a

spaces in $PATH

2009-05-25 Thread newsletter
Hi all I am trying to configure the $PATH variable in cygwin and am having problems getting a path to program files to work. It keeps saying "Program: No such file or directory". I've tried to put quotes (both single and double) around the offending line but it doesn't work as well. what is t

Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar

2006-07-09 Thread Brian Liedtke
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR There usually isn't any reason to put email addresses in the body of messages. That is the case here. It is fodder for spammers and, maybe more importantly, it is just line noise which detracts from the content of the message. cgf -

Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar

2006-07-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 12:59:10PM -0600, Brian Liedtke wrote: >- Original Message - >From: "Christopher Faylor" >To: >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 12:50 PM >Subject: Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script >switch in tar

Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar

2006-07-09 Thread Brian Liedtke
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 12:43:23PM -0600, Brian Liedtke wrote: Us

Re: Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar

2006-07-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 12:43:23PM -0600, Brian Liedtke wrote: >Using tar-1.15.1-4. > >I am writing a script to create multi-volume archives using tar. However it >appears that the --info-script switch doesn't handle imbedded spaces in the >path name. >In the sample script below, I have hard-encod

Problem with embedded spaces in path name for --info-script switch in tar

2006-07-09 Thread Brian Liedtke
Using tar-1.15.1-4. I am writing a script to create multi-volume archives using tar. However it appears that the --info-script switch doesn't handle imbedded spaces in the path name. In the sample script below, I have hard-encoded the path to verify that was the problem and not with building t

Re: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-29 Thread Thorsten Kampe
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL PLEASE! * Andreas Eibach (2005-06-28 14:14 +0100) > Yes, this is the umpteenth time this gets asked, but also the umpteenth plead > to fix this in cygwin (as it _definitely_ works in Linux, also with vfat and > non-Linux partitions!!) This is probably the um

RE: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Nikhil Nair wrote: > Just a quick observation - but first an apology: I haven't read the > thread, as I've only just subscribed, so this may have already been said. > > I'm a bit surprised by this wildcard behaviour, as I would have assumed > "CD 1..." would have been picked u

Re: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Andreas Eibach wrote: > Needless to say that scripts containing > > for i in `ls *.dat*`; do Ouch!!! > will NOT work, because Cygwin will interpret each sub-string between the \ ' > s separately, making parsing files a nuisance. That script won't work anywhere. Who

RE: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Nikhil Nair
Hi, Just a quick observation - but first an apology: I haven't read the thread, as I've only just subscribed, so this may have already been said. I'm a bit surprised by this wildcard behaviour, as I would have assumed "CD 1..." would have been picked up by "CD *". I'd suggest that this is a bash

RE: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Andreas Eibach >Sent: 28 June 2005 14:14 > fix this in cygwin (as it _definitely_ works in Linux, I'm glad you're so definite about this, it's good to have such confidence in your own beliefs that you feel no need to verify them against reality. > ls -hog "CD *"

Re: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Andreas Eibach on 6/28/2005 7:14 AM: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Jun 28 14:46 CD0.dat > -rw-r--r-- 1 24K Jun 28 14:46 CD 1 - Multimedia.dat > -rw-r--r-- 1 2.9K Jun 28 14:46 CD 2 - Multimedia.dat ... > ls -hog "CD*[12]*" > > WORK

SV: LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Peter J. Acklam
I don't see the problem. > ls -hog "CD *" > ls: CD *: No such file or directory Of course. There is no file whose name is the four character string "CD *", so ls doesn't find anything. > ls -hog "CD [12]*" > ls: CD [12]*: No such file or directory Ditto. There is no file whose name is the six

LS and spaces in path names (the xth)

2005-06-28 Thread Andreas Eibach
Yes, this is the umpteenth time this gets asked, but also the umpteenth plead to fix this in cygwin (as it _definitely_ works in Linux, also with vfat and non-Linux partitions!!) I have two files in ~, say they're CD0.dat CD1 - Multimedia (foo1).dat CD2 - Multimedia2 (foo2).dat +

Re: bash, filename completion and spaces in path components [was RE: SSH Environment]

2004-09-29 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Dave Korn wrote: I use the same trick myself because a lot of apps can't handle a filename with a space in it, not even if it gets correctly escaped and passed through to argv, but I've never known bash filename completion to have a problem: it escapes all the spaces and other metachars beautif

bash, filename completion and spaces in path components [was RE: SSH Environment]

2004-09-29 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Andrew DeFaria > Sent: 29 September 2004 16:16 > However, one trick that I do to more easily deal with the "Program > Files" think is: > > $ mount -bsf "/cydrive/c/Program Files" /apps > > Then it's simply /apps//. Much easier to d

Re: tcsh changes with spaces in path

2003-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:52:27AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:32:12AM -0500, Kirschner, Paul E.UTRC wrote: > >breaks my .cshrc. Several paths in my win2000 system path (from the > >environment variables section) are of the form "c:\program files\...". That

Re: tcsh changes with spaces in path

2003-02-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:32:12AM -0500, Kirschner, Paul E.UTRC wrote: >breaks my .cshrc. Several paths in my win2000 system path (from the >environment variables section) are of the form "c:\program files\...". That >space now breaks my cshrc lines like... > >setenv PATH $PATH":/d/jdk1.3

tcsh changes with spaces in path

2003-02-13 Thread Kirschner, Paul E. UTRC
The latest tcsh change... I've updated the version of tcsh to 6.12.00-4. - /etc/csh.login now preserves spaces in pathnames when evaluating $path. breaks my .cshrc. Several paths in my win2000 system path (from the environment variables section) are of the form "c:\program files\...". That space