On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 05:15:07PM +0100, 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 $params > > However it doesn't work if I try to load the above into a variable > > eg > mysqldump='/cygdrive/c/program\ files/mysql/MySQL\ Server\ > 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe' > > I get "/cygdrive/c/program\: No such file or directory..." > > Is this just hard luck?
Have you tried the following: mysqldump="/cygdrive/c/program files/mysql/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe" "$mysqldump" $params Without the double-quotes around the actual call, the variable gets split at spaces such that only the part up to the first space is treated as the command (/cygdrive/c/program\) and the rest as parameters Cheers, Sebastien
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