On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 11:39:47AM -0500, Eben King wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
>
> > I have numerous "user accounts" on my Slackware computer. (I have only
> > one computer) They are all used only by me, for different reasons. root
> > copies various files to various directories under various accounts
> > (/home/user/ PIX or PDF or DOC etc. )
> >
> > I use script files in mc to range every file in a directory and they
> > change the ownership and attributes for security reasons.
>
> Why use mc? Why not "fild /home/user/{PIX,PDF,DOC} -type f"?
>
> > I can't get the script file to handle filenames with spaces in them,
> > that's the problem. I think using the file manager "mc" is not part of
> > the problem, but I want to use it with mc for the convenience it supplies.
> > Otherwise spaces are no problem for mc.
> >
> > First the usage:
> > mc
> > cd /home/user1
> > *
> > F2
> > cursor up to top entry
> > Enter
> > o
> > Enter
>
> Well, I'm not sure of the exact dialog foxes in mc, and anyhow, they may
> change between versions.
>
MC doesn't really have anything to do with this. It's just the method of
launching the script he's using. The script is where the problem is. The
fact that he's launching a script called "o" which looks for four
command line parameters seems problematic. In mc, the choice he's made
is entitled, "Do something on the current file", and then it gives a
command line, at which he enters "o". MC is going to pass the name of
the current file to that script, which should typically be a single
parameter. If the filename had spaces in it, it might pass the parts
between spaces as additional parameters; I don't know. The double-quote
suggestion might be the best solution. At least worth testing.
Paul
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