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Bug in linux compileOF.sh script when folders have spaces in names
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Description
Hi folks,
There is a bug in the compileOF.sh script for Linux when you attempt to compile when your OF source code is in a folder with a space in the name.
The space is passed through the SCRIPTPATH variable without an escape character so therefore changing directory pops up with "too many variables" as it interprets this to be two separate arguments.
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Research direction
Start with the Linux compileOF.sh script and inspect how the SCRIPTPATH variable is used for changing directories. Reproduce the failure with the openFrameworks source in a path containing spaces, then verify that compilation succeeds from such a path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100