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[ale] spaces in paths/directory names
- Subject: [ale] spaces in paths/directory names
- From: transam at cavu.com (Bob's ALE Mail)
- Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:49:22 -0500
> If you enclose strings with spaces in 'quotes like this' shell scripts
> will quite barfing on them.
Well, that depends on how carefully the script is written. If the script
nuke has:
/bin/rm -rf $x
and you invoke it from root as
nuke "/bin mine"
it will not do the desired thing. If it was written as
/bin/rm -rf "$x"
it will (but don't do this!)
> JimK
> Local Net Solutions
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