Thread: Spaces in path names
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Old Mar 25th, 2008, 2:55 PM   #14
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Re: Spaces in path names
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Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
The reason the quotes worked is like this: without the quotes your like
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cd $HDA1
would evaluate to
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cd /mnt/hda1/Documents and Settings
See the problem? The quotes don't follow through the evaluation so the space breaks your path.
Got it, thank for the explanation
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