Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 10:37 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > The problem is that certain paths in F15 are suddenly tmpfs paths by > default. I have to wonder whether things that expected to be able to write huge files to temporary disk space are modified to continue to do so, rather than run out o

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Jun 1 21:10, Ian Malone wrote: > On 1 June 2011 19:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jun  1 09:59, JD wrote: > >> On 06/01/11 09:37, Ian Malone wrote: > >> > On 1 June 2011 16:11, Corinna Vinschen  wrote: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> How can I specify filenames with spaces in tmpfiles.d config

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 18:04 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > The only character that can't appear in a filename component is '/'. > Everything else is legal, LineFeed, Tab, Del, Ctrl-C, you name it :-) And those of us with non-Windows computers would delight in giving Windows users files with a

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 17:54 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:18:15 +0100 > Ian Malone wrote: > > > Yes, in general hours of pain here, especially if you work with people > > who do lots of shell scripting and another group of people who use > > Windows lots. > > Yea, did anyone n

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:18:15 +0100 Ian Malone wrote: > Yes, in general hours of pain here, especially if you work with people > who do lots of shell scripting and another group of people who use > Windows lots. Yea, did anyone notice that Unix/Linux allowed spaces in filenames for years and years

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 06/01/11 14:15, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 13:48 -0700, JD wrote: >> On 06/01/11 12:39, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 12:18 -0700, JD wrote: The quotes are not optional. >>> Read my message again. >>> >>> poc >>> >> Did you read my samples of "

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 13:48 -0700, JD wrote: > On 06/01/11 12:39, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 12:18 -0700, JD wrote: > >> The quotes are not optional. > > Read my message again. > > > > poc > > > Did you read my samples of "use" ? > Did you see the difference when the quote

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 06/01/11 12:39, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 12:18 -0700, JD wrote: >> The quotes are not optional. > Read my message again. > > poc > Did you read my samples of "use" ? Did you see the difference when the quotes were used and when the quotes were not? -- users mailing l

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 06/01/11 12:30, Mike Williams wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, JD > wrote: > > On 06/01/11 12:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 09:59 -0700, JD wrote: > >> Since a space is Unix's and Linux's chosen field separator, > >

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 1 June 2011 20:30, Mike Williams wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, JD wrote: >> >> On 06/01/11 12:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > No, each filename counts as one argument, even if it has spaces in it. >> > The problem arises when you *use* the argument. The above should read: >

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 1 June 2011 19:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jun  1 09:59, JD wrote: >> On 06/01/11 09:37, Ian Malone wrote: >> > On 1 June 2011 16:11, Corinna Vinschen  wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> How can I specify filenames with spaces in tmpfiles.d configuration >> >> files?  There's no hint in `man tmf

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 12:18 -0700, JD wrote: > The quotes are not optional. Read my message again. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/w

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, JD wrote: > On 06/01/11 12:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 09:59 -0700, JD wrote: > >> Since a space is Unix's and Linux's chosen field separator, > >> I think having a space in filenames should be avoided. there > >> are many situations wh

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 06/01/11 12:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 09:59 -0700, JD wrote: >> Since a space is Unix's and Linux's chosen field separator, >> I think having a space in filenames should be avoided. there >> are many situations where spaces in filenames cause problems. >> A simple ex

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 09:59 -0700, JD wrote: > Since a space is Unix's and Linux's chosen field separator, > I think having a space in filenames should be avoided. there > are many situations where spaces in filenames cause problems. > A simple example: > > for i in *; do > [ -f $i ] && echo $i is

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Jun 1 09:59, JD wrote: > On 06/01/11 09:37, Ian Malone wrote: > > On 1 June 2011 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> How can I specify filenames with spaces in tmpfiles.d configuration > >> files? There's no hint in `man tmfiles.d'. I tried > >> > >> - fstab style: d /foo\

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 06/01/11 09:37, Ian Malone wrote: > On 1 June 2011 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> How can I specify filenames with spaces in tmpfiles.d configuration >> files? There's no hint in `man tmfiles.d'. I tried >> >> - fstab style: d /foo\040bar 0755 root root >> - web style:

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On 1 June 2011 16:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Hi, > > How can I specify filenames with spaces in tmpfiles.d configuration > files?  There's no hint in `man tmfiles.d'.  I tried > > - fstab style:      d /foo\040bar 0755 root root > - web style:        d /foo%20bar 0755 root root > - quoted style

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Jun 1 10:51, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 17:11 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > - fstab style: d /foo\040bar 0755 root root > > - web style:d /foo%20bar 0755 root root > > - quoted style 1: d "/foo bar" 0755 root root > > - quoted style 2: d '/foo bar'

Re: tmpfiles.d and spaces in filenames

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 17:11 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > - fstab style: d /foo\040bar 0755 root root > - web style:d /foo%20bar 0755 root root > - quoted style 1: d "/foo bar" 0755 root root > - quoted style 2: d '/foo bar' 0755 root root Try: /foo\ bar Just a thought. poc