Script can't handle spaces in the directory path

[paulzakas]

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Description

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• what you have tried

I've tried loading the data which is stored on an external HD, with the path being "/Volumes/PZ External/MIMIC_comp". I believe this is due to the space between "PZ" and "External". The files are indeed there, however I receive the error pasted below.

To resolve this, I've renamed the folder to be /Volumes/PZ/MIMIC_comp/ and everything seems to work fine.

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-- Checking for data --

Data path: /Volumes/PZ External/MIMIC_comp/
Unable to find /Volumes/PZ External/MIMIC_comp/ADMISSIONS.csv.gz - exiting before build.
make: *** [mimic-check-gz] Error 1

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[alistairewj]

According to http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?712 this is a bug in GNU make not handling spaces in filenames. Not sure how to do a work around yet but will look into it.

[Chessing234]

Make wildcard/dir break when datadir has spaces. PR #2068 switches checks to test -f.