hey Mark, someone will probably get to this reply before me,
but i think it's as simple as
command "file or directory with spaces"
and i believe this works with many / most of the linux commands.
i have had some problems with gui programs and spaces in file names
and i am gradually converting my directorys over to single words,
simply to make naviagating at the command line easier
but i have loads of files with spaces & no major issues yet.
*cross fingers*
Adrian Smith
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>>> Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5:51:19 AM 12/13/00 >>>
Ok...since you've said I will believe it. But then how does one navigate
to these dir's that have spaced names, or how would one open such a file
from a command line? Every time I've ever tried this, with the exception
of doing it with Wine (and even then most times it fails), I get a message
telling that there isn't any such file or directory.
And by the way...how long will it take for someone to know as much about
Linux as you apparently know? :)
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 civileme spake passionately saying!
> On Wednesday 13 December 2000 02:08, you wrote:
> > Wait...I thought spaces "were/are" illegal in *nix?
> >
> > Mark
> >
> Apparently Corel shares your thought. It is the same for the *.wpd files--no
> spaces allowad. But I DO have directories and filenames with spaces, and
> they work OK. It is easy to create or handle them from the GUI, but from a
> command line....
>
> touch mark\ a\ blank #will make a file with blanks in the filename
> rm mark\ a\ blank will remove it
>
> Civileme
>
> > 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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