[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #629: WinGRASS: spaces in pathnames

[GRASS GIS]

#629: WinGRASS: spaces in pathnames
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  Reporter:  hamish        |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Installation  |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  wingrass, msys           
  Platform:  MSWindows XP  |         Cpu:  x86-32                   
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Comment (by hamish):

 Replying to [comment:7 cnielsen]:
 > I can't think of a way the "dir /x" fix could be used within
 > the installer to adjust things to the 8.3 path names, but if
 > someone else can I'll implement it.
 >
 > The empty grass dir is a mount point for the install
 > directory

 yeah I realized that after posting,

 > and allows the grass with msys shortcuts to
 > be executed with {{{msys.bat /grass/bin/grass64 -wxpython}}}
 > etc.

 I don't really understand that.

 > I tried quotes in the fstab file but it doesn't work,
 > which means that the grass with msys shortcuts won't work
 > either if installed in a path with spaces.

 it is the fstab file that needs the PROGRA~1 style because it uses
 whitespace as the column deliminator and has no quoting ability.


 Hamish

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