[ILUG] script handling filenames with spaces

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:02:20 +0200
  | From: Brian Foster <blf at utvinternet.ie>
  | 
  |[ ... ]  (NOT fully tested!):
  | for i in ...; do
  |   find "$FOLDERS$i/mail/" -type f -print0  | \
  |     xargs -0 -l1 bash -c 'mb2md -s "$1" -d "$MAILDIR$i/.$(basename "$1")"' --

 a (minor) problem with the above, I just realised,
 is the ‘$i’ (at least) in the  bash -c '...$i...'
 won't be properly expanded.  easily fixed, for
 instance (still NOT fully tested!):

    for i in ...; do
      find "$FOLDERS$i/mail/" -type f -print0  | \
        xargs -0 -l1 bash -c 'mb2md -s "$2" -d "$1/.$(basename "$2")"' -- "$MAILDIR$i"

 as typical, there are multiple possible fixes.
 (has this subject been beaten into the ground yet?)

cheers!
	-blf-
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