From: vance@deneb.com (Stephen Vance) Subject: Re: B19: Installation of Cygwin32 into directory with spaces in name 28 Aug 1998 22:39:15 -0700 Message-ID: <35E6E43F.D6ADF357.cygnus.gnu-win32@deneb.com> References: <35E62207.9164D5AE@pastornet.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: David Campbell Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com David Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > When I first installed CygWin32, the directory I installed it in was > under D:\Program Files. I found that to run shell scripts properly, > I had to uninstall Cygwin32 and reinstall it under a directory which > had no spaces in its pathname, otherwise shells interpreting scripts > could never be executed (it tries to run Files/....). Another solution to the problem is to include the following as the first line of your ..bashrc: export PATH=`echo $PATH | sed -e 's/Program Files/Progra~1/g'` It's a serious hack and may require an explicit path to sed (echo is a builtin) depending on your path, but it works just fine. -- Stephen Vance | http://www.deneb.com Deneb Robotics, Inc. | mailto:vance@deneb.com 5500 New King Street | Phone: (248) 267-9696 Troy, MI 48098-2615 | Fax: (248) 267-8585 What is done well is done quickly enough. -Augustus Caesar - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".