[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55725] help function fails when TMPDIR contains a space

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #55725 (project octave):

I don't think that Octave's "system" does some kind conversion between single
and double quotes (and I really think it shouldn't).
The following command from the Octave prompt also creates two folder:

system("mkdir 'a b'")


Storing 8.3 names in the file system (NTFS) is optional. So we shouldn't rely
on that mechanic. But I agree that your code would work as a workaround in the
majority of cases.
Similarly, a user could replace __makeinfo__.m with the one from the
repository.

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