Unsafe directory

[Ralf Quint]

On 7/13/2023 11:14 AM, Mike Kaganski wrote:
> On 13.07.2023 21:09, Ralf Quint wrote:
>> On 7/13/2023 2:17 AM, Colomban Wendling wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not knowledgeable about Windows/CygWin, but I have two wild 
>>> guesses:
>>> - the directory name contains non-ASCII characters ("é")
>>> - the directory name contains a space 
>
> The space is most likely the key.
In this case, I am not so sure.
>
>> Both things are perfectly valid in Windows, though sometimes 
>> applications are not able to properly handle either.
>
> Exactly that: not all are prepared for that, especially when the 
> applications are not "for Windows"; even though these are also 
> perfectly valid on ~all other platforms, there's a strong push-back to 
> support them in development. 

Unfortunately, a lot of Linux/Unix folks think that they hold the one 
and only truth. And not everything in Windows is without reason and 
purpose and just needs to be denigrated.

The folder "\Users\User Name\" itself is not recommended to be written 
to (and I think if you do not have administrator rights, is even write 
protected). The proper space for applications under Windows, are either 
\Users\User Name\AppData", for user specific data as well as 
"\ProgramData", for program specific data (which could be shared between 
multiple users on the same host). Btw, both of those folders are by 
default set as "hidden"...


Ralf