Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/27/20:15:52
> >Since Unix generally doesn't support such directory names, I'd guess
> >`bash' fails to support them too.
> WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING THIS?? Unix supports file/directory names
> with spaces JUST FINE! Posting statements about OSes you aren't
> familiar with on the net is not a good idea!
> An OBVIOUS reason why bash won't change to "c:\Program Files" is that
> the backslash (\) has a special meaning under bash. Unix uses a forward
> slash (/) as a directory seperator, and bash probably expects the same.
Exactly... :) You can do things two ways with filenames and spaces
under
Unix, you can either:
cd "She eats big ones", or
cd She\ eats\ big\ ones/
Leathal.
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