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strexfive

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Registered: 2014-03-17

Posts: 17

mkarchiso fails for directories with spaces in name

I call releng/build.sh from my custom script, which in turn runs /usr/bin/mkarchiso. My custom script exists in a directory that contains spaces in the name.

/usr/bin/mkarchiso executes this command on lines 254 and 264:

cd ${OLDPWD}

Because of the spaces in the directory name, line 254 fails with this error:

/usr/bin/mkarchiso: line 254: cd: too many arguments

Am I missing something, or shouldn't these lines be corrected to this? Quoted:

cd "${OLDPWD}"

When OLDPWD is quoted in /usr/bin/mkarchiso, my script completes correctly. Is this a bug I should report?

WorMzy

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Re: mkarchiso fails for directories with spaces in name

Yes.

Mod note: not an installation issue, moving to Apps & DEs.

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strexfive

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Registered: 2014-03-17

Posts: 17

Re: mkarchiso fails for directories with spaces in name

Ok, will do.