cygpath -u doesn't seem to convert spaces properly

[Jerome Fong]

Thanks,

Jerome

Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
>>> $ cd $ttt
>>> bash: cd: /cygdrive/c/Program: No such file or directory
>> Yes, that's wrong.  [...] It's got nothing to do with
>> cygpath and everything to do with proper portable scripting practice.
> 
> Quite true. When you're using bash or sh, you must *quote
> your arguments* if they could possibly contain spaces or
> other word separators. So learn to do it. Seriously, take
> a few minutes and try it:
> 
> $ mkdir "a b c"
> $ ABC="a b c"
> bash: cd: a: No such file or directory
> $ cd "$ABC"
> ... etc.
> 
> If you don't want to have to quote variable expansions all
> the time, use another shell. I know that zsh, at least,
> doesn't require you to quote them. That being said, you
> still should learn how to quote in a regular POSIX shell.
> Portable shell scripts should really start with #!/bin/sh,
> after all.
> 
> -gsw
> 


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