> From: John Machin > On 21/05/2007 11:30 PM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > > I am trying to install Python from sources in my home directory on a Mac > > cluster (running MacOS X 10.4.8). The path to my home directory contains > > a blank, and since the installation procedure insists on getting an > > absolute path for the prefix, I cannot avoid installing to a path whose > > name contains a blank. Python does not seem to be prepared for this, as > > it uses only the part before the blank, resulting in numerous error > > messages. > > > > Does anyone know a workaround? > > > > On Windows, the workaround for pesky paths (i.e. containing blanks or > just inconveniently long) is the subst command: > > command-prompt>subst X: "C:\Documents and Settings" > > Thereafter X:\foo can be used wherever "C:\Documents and Settings\foo" > would otherwise be required.
There's also short filename substitution. "C:\Documents and Settings\foo" can be replaced with "C:\docume~1\foo". In general, you take the first six non-space characters and append "~<digit>" to it. I've never run into a situation where <digit> was anything other than 1, but I'm pretty sure that you increment it if you have multiple files/directorys in the same directory that have the same first six non-space characters. This should work on any Windows long-filename system where you need 8.3 filenames for backwards compatibility. --- -Bill Hamilton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
