On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 23:41 -0500, Jonathan Berry wrote: > 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. > It does not get escaped when you type it. If you use the tab-completion feature of the shell it auto-magically does escape the space. I agree with the sentiment. You should try to _not_ use spaces in filenames or directory names. > Jonathan >
