On 5/22/05, Ian Puleston <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have FC4 test 2 installed on my PC, so this could be a bug in that, > but I'd like to know if it's something that works OK in a stable release > (note I couldn't install FC3 due to a couple of bugs that are fixed in > FC4, hence the reason that I'm using the test release). > > What I'm trying to do is have a shell script executed by double-clicking > the file icon in GNOME's Nautilus file browser. I have the following > simple shell script named tst.sh and with "+x" attributes: > > #!/bin/sh -f > echo Hello there > read -p "Hit return: " tmpvar > > The default action for this file under Nautilus is "Open with Terminal", > but when I double-click it or select "Open with Terminal" from its menu > I just get a spinning hourglass for 30 seconds or so. If I then return > to the main console screen (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I see the following warning was > reported: > > Invalid argument: /home/ian/ZPT Test/Results/r1-GS-hv/tst.sh > > Ideas anyone? > > Ian Hi Ian, Looks like there is an un-escaped space in there: "ZPT Test" Try copying the file to /home/ian/ and running it again from Nautilus. If it works, then this is a bug, Nautilus is not escaping the space or using some other work-around. The shell thus sees /home/ian/ZPT and Test/Results/r1-GS-hv/tst.sh seperately, which of course will not work. Generally, spaces in file/directory names should probably be avoided (escaping can get nasty), though, it should be able to handle them. Jonathan
