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?
Thanks,
Konrad. 6 1235
Konrad Hinsen schrieb:
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?
Thanks,
Konrad.
You could give /foo/bar\ baz/ham or "/foo/bar baz/ham" (either escaping
the blanks or wrapping the path in quotation marks) a try. I can't
verify it either, just guess from other terminals' behaviour.
HTH,
Stargaming
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:\Documen ts and Settings"
Thereafter X:\foo can be used wherever "C:\Documen ts and Settings\foo"
would otherwise be required.
Is there not a similar trick on MacOS X?
HTH,
John
On 5/21/07, John Machin <sj******@lexic on.netwrote:
Is there not a similar trick on MacOS X?
It's called a symlink:
ln -s /Users/gdonald /foo
--
Greg Donald http://destiney.com/
On 21.05.2007, at 21:11, Stargaming wrote:
You could give /foo/bar\ baz/ham or "/foo/bar baz/ham" (either
escaping
the blanks or wrapping the path in quotation marks) a try. I can't
verify it either, just guess from other terminals' behaviour.
I tried both already, but neither one works. If I use a backslash, it
doesn't end up in the Makefile, and if I use quotes, I get lots of
error messages that I don't really want to analyze.
Thanks for your reply anyway!
Konrad.
On 22.05.2007, at 00:34, Greg Donald wrote:
On 5/21/07, John Machin <sj******@lexic on.netwrote:
>Is there not a similar trick on MacOS X?
It's called a symlink:
ln -s /Users/gdonald /foo
Right, but since I have no write permissions anywhere except in my
home directory (whose path already has the blank), links won't help me.
Konrad.
On 2007-05-22, Konrad Hinsen <ko***********@ laposte.netwrot e:
On 21.05.2007, at 21:11, Stargaming wrote:
>You could give /foo/bar\ baz/ham or "/foo/bar baz/ham" (either escaping the blanks or wrapping the path in quotation marks) a try. I can't verify it either, just guess from other terminals' behaviour.
I tried both already, but neither one works. If I use a
backslash, it doesn't end up in the Makefile, and if I use
quotes, I get lots of error messages that I don't really want
to analyze.
Try adding *more* backslashes. Sometimes, it's the only way. ;)
--
Neil Cerutti
There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work. --Carlos
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