Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:57:52 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bash: space in cd arg bug? Message-ID: <199908270557.GAA68309@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:48:04 %2B0930." <19990825114804.E83273@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Wednesday, 25 August 1999 at 4:04:39 +0200, Roelof Osinga wrote:
> > Greg Lehey wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, 24 August 1999 at 21:30:27 -0400, Patrick Seal wrote:
> >>> cd /usr/local/win/Program\ Files/
> >>> or
> >>> cd "/usr/local/win/Program Files/"
> >>>
> >>> both work tcsh, csh, sh, but in bash they result in an error:
> >>> bash: cd: /usr/local/win/Program: No such file or directory
> >>>
> >>> I can only think this is a bash bug, but it's so obvious it *should* have
> >>> been fixed long ago.
> >>
> >> You'd think so, wouldn't you?
> >>
> >>> Is this happening to anyone else?
> >>
> >> Yes. I changed to zsh because of it.
> >
> > nisser:~$ mkdir "Program Files"
> > <snip>
>
> zsh -> FOO=/C:/Program\ Files
> zsh -> echo $FOO
> /C:/Program Files
> zsh -> cd $FOO
> zsh -> pwd
> /C:/Program Files
> zsh -> cd
> zsh -> bash
> bash -> FOO=/C:/Program\ Files
> bash -> echo $FOO
> /C:/Program Files
> bash -> cd $FOO
> bash: cd: /C:/Program: No such file or directory
> bash ->
You missed the
zsh -> echo $FOO
/C:/Program Files
zsh -> mkdir $FOO
Which makes two directories. Why should ``cd'' behave differently
from an external command - just because it's a builtin ?
IMHO, zsh is wrong.
--
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