SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS Archives

March 2011

SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@LISTSERV.FNAL.GOV
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: how to set up a yum repo baseurl with embedded quotes
From:
"Robert P. J. Day" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Robert P. J. Day
Date:
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:57:59 -0400
Content-Type:
TEXT/PLAIN
Parts/Attachments:
TEXT/PLAIN (30 lines) 
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   more a yum question than an SL6 question, but i want to tidy up my
> yum repo file that points at the inserted DVD and since the DVD has a
> multi-word volume name, the mount location appears as:
>
>   /media/"Scientific Linux 6 x86_64 DVD"
>
> can i add that entry to a yum repo file?  so far, i've tried various
> combinations of quotes and backslash escaping spaces but no luck so
> far.  the hack i'm using is to simply create a symlink and use the
> symlink in the baseurl line.
>
>   suggestions?

  never mind, simply backslash escaping both quotes *and* spaces did
the trick.

rday

-- 

 =======================================================================
Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
                        http://crashcourse.ca

Twitter:                                       http://twitter.com/rpjday
LinkedIn:                               http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday
 =======================================================================

ATOM RSS1 RSS2