I don't mean to say they must be unquoted in the sense that it's a rule, I mean that the programs that I'm trying to compile (not written by me) seem to be using unquoted variables, causing $HOME to be split.
I see.
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I'm not quite sure how I would use the symlink though. Would it be something as simple as
You've got it exactly backwards. I showed you an example... Imagine how the cp command works -- the first parameter is the original, the second is the thing being created. This took me a while to get my head around too.
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I don't know what would happen if the program is simply using $HOME as the start of the path to another directory.
I doubt it uses $HOME -- why would it assume the source code is in $HOME? -- but the current directory, whatever that may be. If your current directory is the symlink, not the long path, I think that should work -- cd-ing into /home/shortname/whatever will get you the contents of /home/long name/whatever without the spaces in the name.
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In other words, assuming the above symlink is in place, if I type
the computer sees
which with the above symlink should be read as
correct?
Just creating a symlink doesn't mean it'll use it. cd $HOME will still go to the long path. Don't bother messing with the value of $HOME, either -- that could have bad side-effects.
The symlink acts like a folder. cd /home/shortname will change directory into /home/shortname, not /home/long name, even though you're looking at the folder contents of /home/long name. Only the kernel really cares, so if the symlink's valid it works.
Just cd /home/shortname/whatever/, re-configure, and re-compile from there.
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Another thing you could do is ignore your home folder, just build it in /tmp.
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