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Re: Spaces in Paths


Jonathan Arnold wrote:

zzapper wrote:

Hi,

Mysql has now moved under c:/program files/

My backup bash script will run correctly if I use the follwing syntax /cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe $params

However it doesn't work if I try to load the above into a variable

eg
mysqldump='/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe'


I get "/cygdrive/c/program\: No such file or directory..."

Is this just hard luck?

Nope, just the way the quoting rules work. You've already quoted the spaces by using the ' character around it. Either remove the \s or remove the 's.

Here's what I do:


$ mount -bsf C:/Program\ Files /apps

Thereafter change references of /cygdrive/c/program\ files -> /apps as in /apps/mysql/MySQL/Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe - Hmmm... there's still another spaced path component there - the Server\ 4.1 portion. Not sure if that will completely solve your problem but it alleviates the problem with the space in Program Files and makes for a handy reference that allows for filename completions as in ls /apps/moz<tab>. You might need to change Server\ 4.1 to Server~1 or it's equivalent mangled short name.
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