[tex-live] error on (after) texlive 2008 installation

[Marc Herbert]

Zdenek Wagner a écrit :

> You should distinguish 3 different cases:
> 
> 1. The name of the main file contains spaces. Its treatment has
> nothing to do with TeX, everything is done by the shell. The syntax
> just depend on your operating system and the shell. TeX gets the whole
> string in argv[1]. 

On the shell side of things, I find the "Guide to Unix Shell Quoting" an 
invaluable source of information:

http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~uwe/lehre/unixffb/quoting-guide.html

And this is NOT an easy topic. Read for instance the "common 
misconceptions" paragraph.

The root reason why string handling is complicated in the shell is 
explained in this interview of the creator of the Bourne shell:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/279011/-z_programming_languages_bourne_shell_sh


My 2 cents.