[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-1087569 ] /etc/fstab and path with spaces

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Bugs item #1087569, was opened at 2004-12-18 17:18
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Category: msys
Group: Known bugs
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 1
Submitted By: Johan Boulé (johan-boule)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: /etc/fstab and path with spaces

Initial Comment:
Hi,

I'm distributing a "dev-pack" (psycle project at
sourceforge) which contains msys with a modified
"startup script" that automatically produce a
/etc/fstab file with the /home mount point set with the
parent dir of the USERPROFILE env var.

the problem is that the parent dir the of USERPROFILE
is usually something like "x:/documents and settings",
i.e. the path contains spaces.

i've tried quoting with " or ', but it seems the syntax
is rejected.

Alternatively, is there a way with cmd.exe to obtain
the "8.3" alias for a path?

Regards,

Johan.


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Comment By: Johan Boulé (johan-boule)
Date: 2004-12-18 22:38

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On a side note, i see that msys\bin is mounted on /usr/bin,
but since msys is already mouned on /usr, it's useless.


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Comment By: Johan Boulé (johan-boule)
Date: 2004-12-18 22:31

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Ok, i found a work around to get the 8.3 alias of the dir..
it's quite a horrible cmd.exe's shell code:

	pushd "%USERPROFILE%" || goto :failed
	cd .. || goto :failed
	for %%X in ("%CD%") do set X=%%~sX|| goto :failed
	echo %X% /home >> "%~d0%~p0msys\etc\fstab" || goto :failed
	set X=
	popd || goto :failed



the %~sX converts the content of the X var to 8.3 style
alias, and since this feature only works for 'for'
variables, we need to use a 'for' command... ugly ugly :/



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