[xcrysden] xcrysden Windows installation fails

[Jonas Baltrusaitis]

The problem is that I do specify tmp folder without white spaces, but it still tries to look at this "default" path and completely disregards the path I specified

   Please specify XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH directory (default: /cygdrive/c/Documents and
 Settings/Jonas/Desktop/xcrys_tmp): C:/xcrysden16/tmp 
test: and: unknown operand

   I am about to create the $HOME/.xcrysden/custom-definitions file,
   which is XCRYSDEN's customization file.

   Press <Enter> to continue ... 
   

   Answer the following question(s) please:
   ----------------------------------------
[: and: unknown operand

   CRYSTAL is an electronic structure program for periodic systems.
   (http://www.crystal.unito.it/)

   Do you have a CRYSTAL package ([y]es/[n]o): n
   Is this correct ([y]es/[n]o): y
test: and: unknown operand
   
   creating new /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Jonas/Desktop/.xcrysden/custo
m-definitions ... cp: copying multiple files, but last argument `Settings/Jonas/
Desktop/.xcrysden/custom-definitions' is not a directory
Try `cp --help' for more information.



--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Tone Kokalj <tone.kokalj at ijs.si> wrote:

> From: Tone Kokalj <tone.kokalj at ijs.si>
> Subject: Re: [xcrysden] xcrysden Windows installation fails
> To: jasius_1 at yahoo.com, "XCrySDen mailing list" <xcrysden at democritos.it>
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:43 PM
> On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 20:22 -0800, Jonas Baltrusaitis wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to install newest version on Windows xp
> (not 64 bit). I have Cygwin installed which I launch from cd
> and load it. The run ./xcConfigre.sh and follow instruction.
> The problem is creating custom-definitions folder:
> >  
> >   creating new /cygdrive/c/Documents and
> Settings/Jonas/Desktop/.xcrysden/custom-definitions ... cp:
> copying multiple files, but last argument
> `Settings/Jonas/Desktop/.xcrysden/custom-definitions' is
> not a directory
> 
> The problem are the whitespaces in the path (i.e. Documents
> and
> Settings). It is strange that the $HOME variable points to
> this place.
> As a default it should be something line /home/jonas.
> Anyway ~/.xcrysden
> directory is optional, and xcrysden should run without
> running
> xcConfigure.sh script. But it will not work if it is
> installed under
> path that contains whitespaces.
> 
> So install it to some place without whitespaces in the
> path.
> 
> Regards, Tone
> 
> -- 
> Anton Kokalj
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