Dollar in file name

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 30.04.2020 um 04:59 schrieb Gábor Csárdi via users <users at lists.opencsw.org>:
> Hi all,
> 
> I happen to have two files with '$' characters in their names, and
> `mgar package` fails because apparently pkgmk does not handle this.
> 
> Is there a workaround? Is it possible to rename the files, and then
> rename them back after installation? They are not needed during
> compilation.

You can rename these during postinstall, but I would recommended to not use
files with such names. The same applies for files with spaces which also
cannot be installed with pkgmk. A solution would rename the files upfront with
some kind of escaping, then call pkgmk and either a postinstall script or
a class action script that would rename the files back. However, I would
recommend to change the software to use the files with the changes names
(e.g. _ instead of space and some other charachter instead of $).


Best regards

  — Dago

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