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Re: "which" command does not expand "~" in path (base-files update needed)
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 02:43:38PM -0500, Brian Ford wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Of course there is a simple solution: lose the quotes. AFAICT, they
>> aren't needed.
>
>IMHO, they are. Windows programs often put directories containing spaces
>in the system path. ex:
>
>/cygdrive/c/Program Files/ATI Technologies/ATI Control Panel
Try the above with a PATH that contains spaces. Spaces are preserved.
cgf
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