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From: Frank Schmitt <ich AT Frank-Schmitt DOT net>
Subject: Re: quoting windows  pathnames
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 22:43:38 +0200
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"Charles D. Russell" <worwor AT bellsouth DOT net> writes:

> Since switching to Windows XP, I am forced to use pathnames with spaces.  In
> .profile, how do you quote a pathname with spaces so that  cd $DIRNAME and
> ls $DIRNAME will work?  I can write a $DIRNAME that will work in makefiles
> or when invoked from the bash shell as ls "$DIRNAME", but I can't find a way
> that lets me omit the quotes when using ls from the shell prompt.

Silly question but why do you _have_ to use paths with spaces in them
under Windows XP? It's possible to change e.g. the default programs
directory from e.g. C:\Program Files\ to C:\Programs\, the same stands
for the other standard directories.

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