Re: Autoconf Digest, Vol 129, Issue 1

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2015, David A. Wheeler wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn:
> > It is a common problem for Windows users that their default directory
> (equivalent to a home directory) has spaces in it.
>
> In recent versions of Windows the home directory is often c:\Users 
> (and thus has no space). But the directory that contains most 
> programs has a space in its name:  "C:\Program Files".

Windows user names can contain spaces.  For example

   "C:\Users\Bob Friesenhahn".

my Windows 7 install came by default with several user names 
containing spaces.

In a corporate environment, it is not uncommon for users to have no 
control over the user names selected for them.

Bob
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