How to set a variable with a space in the value?

[Reid Thompson]

Ashish.Srivastava@med.va.gov wrote:
> Hi,
>    I have a JDK installed in c:\Java SDK directory. I am
> trying to export the JAVA_HOME in cygwin but it seems is crancking
> out on the space. 
> 
> export JAVA_HOME=c:\Java\\ SDK
> export JAVA_HOME=c:\"Java SDK\" and,
> export JAVA_HOME="c:/Java SDK/"
> 
> all fails. Please help!
> 
> Thnx,
> -Ashish

try
ln -s C:\\Java\ SDK /java

export JAVA_HOME=/java

reid

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