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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:40:48 +0000
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On 23/02/14 22:27, Todd Poole wrote:
> Getting confused on something. From bash terminal I can change 
> directory like so:
>
> $ cd /c/directoryname
>
> But if the directory has multi words it does not recognize the directory:
>
> $ cd /c/my directory name
>
> Is there a way to get cygwin to recognize multiple names in a directory?

Either surround the whole path in quotes, or use a backslash character 
'\' before each space:

     cd "/c/my directory name"
     cd /c/my\ directory\ name

Dave.


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