On 21/05/2007 11:30 PM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > I am trying to install Python from sources in my home directory on a Mac > cluster (running MacOS X 10.4.8). The path to my home directory contains > a blank, and since the installation procedure insists on getting an > absolute path for the prefix, I cannot avoid installing to a path whose > name contains a blank. Python does not seem to be prepared for this, as > it uses only the part before the blank, resulting in numerous error > messages. > > Does anyone know a workaround? >
On Windows, the workaround for pesky paths (i.e. containing blanks or just inconveniently long) is the subst command: command-prompt>subst X: "C:\Documents and Settings" Thereafter X:\foo can be used wherever "C:\Documents and Settings\foo" would otherwise be required. Is there not a similar trick on MacOS X? HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
