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Description of problem:File name contains a space Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.40.4-5.fc15.i686.PAE How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./dev/shm/libv4l-root:usb-0000:00:1d.7-8:0402:5602:USB2.0 Camera 2. 3. Actual results: Com'on, guys. This is the slippery slope into Windoze world. Expected results: Spaces in file names? We don't need no ^%#$** spaces! Additional info:
The kernel doesn't create files in /dev/shm/. That looks like something v4l-utils is doing. It might just be using the USB name, but the kernel still isn't creating the file. Although I have no idea why you even care about that file at all. Also, spaces are perfectly legitimate in file names.
Yep, v4l-utils creates that file and it plucks the string with the spaces directly from the USB descriptors. I see no need to strip the spaces from it, as said by Josh Linux can handle file names with spaces just fine. If you've some script which trips over this go and fix the script :)