[newbie] DOS naming vs Linux recognition

2000-04-21 Thread Don W. Jenkins
I have a question regarding the DOS convention of naming files with spaces, such as C:\Program Files. When I use a program like Wine, Linux can't follow a path that includes spaces, so I'm wondering if there is a way to write the file names so Linux can recognize them, or do I have to copy the

Re: [newbie] DOS naming vs Linux recognition

2000-04-21 Thread Necrotica
Surround the path name with quotation marks and use two backslashes. Like this: wine "c:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe". Remember, its case sensitive too... -Necro On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Don W. Jenkins wrote: I have a question regarding the DOS convention of naming files with