Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:48:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bash: space in cd arg bug? Message-ID: <19990825114804.E83273@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <37C34F37.5BE733A2@nisser.com>; from Roelof Osinga on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 04:04:39AM %2B0200 References: <19990824213027.A1375@hyperhost.net> <19990825111131.C83273@freebie.lemis.com> <37C34F37.5BE733A2@nisser.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 were saying? ;)
I changed to zsh because of it.
Greg
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