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Re: Spaces in Paths


zzapper wrote:
Hi,

Mysql has now moved under c:/program files/

My backup bash script will run correctly if I use the follwing syntax

/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe $params

However it doesn't work if I try to load the above into a variable

eg
mysqldump='/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe'

I get "/cygdrive/c/program\: No such file or directory..."

Is this just hard luck?

Nope, just the way the quoting rules work. You've already quoted the spaces by using the ' character around it. Either remove the \s or remove the 's.

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