Spaces are not illegal at all - you can use them as you wish. I personally
like to use spaces in file and directory names in order to keep my stuff
organised. Most programmes support this, but there are a few that I've
encountered that don't. I don't think it's a good idea to use spaces outside
your home directories, unless you're sure this won't create any problems.
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:08, Mark's mail wrote:
> Wait...I thought spaces "were/are" illegal in *nix?
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:25:28 +0100 (CET), Paul said:
> > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, John Rye wrote:
> > >I would have thought that a space was an undesirable if not illegal
> > >character in a filename let alone a directory name.
> > >
> > >Is this not the case?
> >
> > If it were illegal, I think that someone would have made a program
> > alteration that would prevent you from putting a space in a directory
> > name. I agree though, that it is undesirable.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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