Re: is it correct to specific a path name like this

[Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>]

Thus spake try_email_me@yahoo.ca:
> $PDB=~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb
> $PDB="~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb"
> $PDB='~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb'

You're setting the shell variables incorrectly.

PDB="~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb"
export PDB

or

export PDB="~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb"

Should both work fine.  You should use quotes when dealing with
filenames with spaces in them.

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Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>

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