hi freesurfer folks,


 when I try to run qdec or recon-all, they crash



recon-all -s  MJ0001  -qcache

if: Expression Syntax.




qdec
cd: Too many arguments.



we have determined that because the subjects_directory  name has spaces and ()'s in it, it is causing the two programs to crash

 echo $SUBJECTS_DIR
/Users/wieser/Dropbox (UWM BraIN Lab)/ImagingSuite/Blackbird/MJMRI/MJ0001


I know that linux doesn't like spaces and ()'s in the directory  name, and I usually avoid them,  but we have recently started using dropbox to backup our data, in Dropbox is causing the spaces and ()'s to be in the directory name.  Is there any way to make recon-all and qdec run in directories that have these characters in the directory name

thanks

Jon