escaping '%' in a file name.

[Jordan Sissel]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jordan Sissel <jls at semicomplete.com> wrote:

> Howdy folks!
>
> I'm mostly noting this here for posterity.
>
> I'm trying to package software that has files with '%' in the names. I
> tried a few things, but nothing worked. Googling found only this thread
> from 2003 which indicated that "%%" "should" work but it does not (thread;
> ://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpm-list/message/21824<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpm-list/message/21824>
> )
>
> If my %files section is follows, for testing all possible permutations ;)
>
> %files
> /example/%name
> /example/%%name
> /example/%%%name
> /example/%%%%name
> /example/%{%}name
> /example/\%name
>
> The error with rpmbuild is:
>
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/%helloworld
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/helloworld
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/%{%}name
>     File not found:
> /tmp/package-rpm-build20120528-31204-qsgxuu/BUILD/example/\helloworld
>
> Judging from the above, it appears the correct way to escape a single % in
> a filename is to use '%%%'
>
> -Jordan
>

Replying to my own nonsense.

I misread the output. None of my attempted escapes actually worked.

Any ideas?

-Jordan
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