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[amigo]

To handle spaces in path or file names, you need to double quote the places where you are handling the paths in your scripts. You can create a couple of test paths to check the functionality. I recently added support for spaces in paths in my src2pkg program. It was a nightmare since src2pkg is around 10,000 lines of bash script with path-handling every 5-10 lines! The moral is -get that working before you add too much code -I nearly went nuts finding all the places I needed to change the code...

[dejan555]

Can you see any place in my script I didn't double quote?
Cause I don't, it stays as it is if someone with more knowledge doesn't change it, I'm not making any changes from now on...

[dejan555]

maybe using bash instead of sh for interpreter? It worked for my madplay dialog? Didn't want to play songs that had spaces even when double qouted, but when I change to bash it works?

[dejan555]

nope, doesn't work.

[dejan555]

Yaaayyy! I found it!
The problem was in basename command, replaced

[dejan555]

LOL, guess what? Petget cannot install pets that are placed in a directory with spaces in filename? I just tested conversion of rpms and debs on LiveCD and wanted to install them immidiately after, but I couldn't install them when clicked on them. So I thought I made something wrong with the script, so they are not packed right, but no, when I copied converted pets into my-documents, they installed OK on click!

[Dingo]

this script has no GUI? How can I make a GUi for this?

[technosaurus]

I've posted some stuff on gtkdialog here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40361

you can use that and/or Xdialog to make a simple gui

I like to use Xdialog from within a gtkdialog script to get inputs and display messages ... makes it somewhat smaller

[dejan555]

[DMcCunney]

[Runemaster]

I have no idea what im doing wrong (im pretty sure it's me doing something wrong.

ok installed deb2pet and rpm2pet and if i was supposed to put it in a specific folder then i guess i didnt see it because I read all the posts

So i download a .deb or .rpm file and i right click on it and click on turn into pet or whatever it is and it creates a tar files out of the deb or rpm file and makes a blank word document called whatever the file was and adds the .pet extension to it and nothing will do anything.

if this is what it is supposed to do then i got lost in translation and it doesent do what i thought it would do.

any help is greatly appreciated.

[dejan555]

[droope]

We should figure a way of making it look for libraries. Nowhere near impossible. Nowhere near my possibilities tho

[dejan555]

You mean like checking dependencies?
Petget does it while installing pet.
And for deb2pet and rpm2pet you only need to installunrpm.undeb.pet from MU's post from the first page

[dejan555]

Converting multiple packages at once:

If you use rox right click version of the script, you can convert multiple packages this way. Put all debs in one folder, then open terminal in that folder and type: