export JAVA_HOME with spaces in Cygwin

Question

I\'m trying to set my JAVA_HOME in Cygwin with this command:

export JAVA_HOME=\"/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_10\"

But when I do

Answer 1

Try using the DOS subst command to take the spaces of the JAVA_HOME path name. Assuming drive J; is not mounted or otherwise used.

In a DOS shell

subst j: "C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_45"

J: is now an abbreviation for C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_45

You can now cd to J:

now run Cygwin and

export JAVA_HOME="J:"