Hi Rasputin,

Have you tried using \ before every space, so something like:

--env:SSDIR="c:/Documents\ and\ Settings/me/My\ Documents..."

Not sure that will work but could do it.

steven

On 7/24/07, rasputin <tims45@aol.com> wrote:
>
> On my Windows system (5.06d) say I want SSDIR to be at (e.g.)
>
> C:/Documents and Settings/me/My Documents/Personal/Studio stuff/Csound files
> 2.0GB/CD 3 Csound Catalog/catalog_samples
>
> but if I try to add that to the <CsOptions> clause or in .csoundrc this way
>
> --env:SSDIR="{the string above}"
>
> csound complains about the spaces in the string. I've tried it with single
> quotes, # #, and haven't found a solution.
>
> If I run csound out of the command line, I can use the DOS SET command to
> paste that path in
>
> SET SSDIR={the string}
>
> and csound finds the files it's looking for OK. Also, if I use csound5gui I
> can put paths in the SFDIR/SSDIR/etc boxes in the Configure window
> Environment tab, but of course this doesn't propagate back to the main
> install.
>
> Any ideas for me?
>
> Thanks kindly!
>
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