Canop/broot

`br` command fails on Windows

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#788 opened on Nov 10, 2023

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Description

After installing broot using scoop and executing broot --install to be able to use the br command, I'm met with an error.

> br
File not found: "C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpC170.tmp"

I think it's because my username has a space in it, as it duplicated the second word in my username. I looked at the modified $PROFILE, and I'm not sure what's wrong with the br function, though I'm not versed in .ps1 syntax.

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Research direction
Investigate the PowerShell profile generated by `broot install`. The `br` function uses a temporary file path; check how the path is constructed, especially how spaces in the username are handled.
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