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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:40:26 -0500
Message-ID: <225735BE378BA7489D57D942F109AF69837926@va02.va.corp.xtria.com>
Thread-Topic: [users@httpd] configure fails when space in directory name
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From: "Warron French" <wfrench@xtria.com>
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Subject: RE: [users@httpd] configure fails when space in directory name

Another simple solution that you would do for *nix systems anyway is =
simply encapsulate the directory path with the "space" in it with double =
quotes.

I do and it works like a charm.


Warron French
Sr. Network Engineer
Xtria, LLC


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff [mailto:jdyke@azimapower.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:09 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] configure fails when space in directory name


Jackson Pauls wrote:
> one could also mention the fact that desktop environments such as =
gnome
> allow people to use spaces in names seamlessly, as long as they don't
> pull up a terminal.
I hate to spit hairs, but 'seamlessly' and 'as long as', is a=20
contradiction in terms. I do agree that somethings make it easy for=20
you to use spaces, but if you want *always*, use the trusted
friendly underscore. =20

Ralf brings up a good point with windows compiles and there i have to=20
claim ignorance, since i only use binaries on windows as the compile=20
tools/environments in microsoft cost money.  And I never put windows in
production envrironments, but thats another discussion entirely :)

jd

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> not only is this a pretty nasty gotcha, it's also hard to google =
for...


>=20
> j
>=20
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:15:41 +0100
> To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
> From: "Ralf Glauberman" <rglauberman@michaeli-gymnasium.de>
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] configure fails when space in directory =
name
> Message-ID: <004001c4cb36$bc73ba70$0100a8c0@MEDIONPC>
>=20
> but how would apache compile under windows? just an idea....
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Jeff" <jdyke@azimapower.com>
> To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] configure fails when space in directory =
name
>=20
>=20
>>Jackson Pauls wrote:
>>
>>
>>>it's not actually a problem i have... i raise the issue because this
>=20
> is
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>>>the kind of thing that could seriously confuse and possibly put off
>=20
> new
>=20
>>>users. indeed, that is how this came to my attention, along with a
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> great
>=20
>>>deal of incredulity when i suggested removing the spaces!
>>>
>>>what i don't know is whether or not this is something that i should
>>>expect the apache crew to fix...
>>
>>Its an interesting dilema, but the only good solution, IMO, is to
>=20
> never=20
>=20
>>use a space in a directory/file name.  windoze considers the space a=20
>>regular character, and taught the world it was so....i think that was
>=20
> a=20
>=20
>>very bad lesson for us all to have learned.
>>This will only be the first of *many* problems if spaces are used
>>regularly with *nix software.  Definitly not a httpd-specific bug or=20
>>something i'd expect apache to fix.
>>
>>just my opinion, but an ounce of prevention.....
>>jd
>=20
>=20
>=20
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