DOH! fossil add "somefile.r&s" does the trick.
This shows how little I am in shell land. :(( Thanks, Steve On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:33 PM, <sky5w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I get the following error attempting to add a file with the >> Ampersand(&) in the file extension. >> Fossil wrote: >> >> 's' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable >> program or batch file > > That message comes from your shell, not fossil, because your command does > not properly escape the '&' character, which is special in unix-like shells. > You are running two commands: > fossil add somefile.r > is run in the BACKGROUND because of the & character. > then you try to run: > s > The simplest workaround is to quote the filename: > fossil add 'somefile.r&s' > > -- > ----- stephan beal > http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
