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Re: startx doesn't if $HOME contains white spaces


--- ludo  ha scritto:

> Hello,
> 
> my $HOME is :
> $ echo $HOME
> /c/Documents and Settings/patrick.PRO2204
> 

it is not a good idea:

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.filename-spaces


> when I start 'startx'
> $ startx
> /usr/bin/startx: line 38: [: too many arguments
> /usr/bin/startx: line 107: [: too many arguments
> 
> Welcome to the XWin X Server
> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
> Release: 1.5.3.0 (10503000)
> 
> Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> 
> XWin was started with the following command line:
> 
> /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /c/Documents and
>  Settings/patrick.PRO2204/.serverauth.3056
> 
> Unrecognized option: and
> use: X [:<display>] [option]
> 
> 
> I think that white spaces in my $HOME directory name
> causes the problem.
> 
> I patch startx on lines 38 and 107
>     if [ -f "$userclientrc" ]; then
>     if [ -f "$userserverrc" ]; then  
> but this is not enough ...
> 
> does anybody encounters the same problem ?
> 

of course, for this reason we don't do it :-)

my $HOME in cygwin is /home/marco

Regards
marco


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