* Spaces in path name breaks M-x dirs?
@ 2003-02-18 14:51 Ixnay Amenay
2003-02-18 20:33 ` gebser
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From: Ixnay Amenay @ 2003-02-18 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
cygwin> pwd
c:/Program Files
cygwin>
M-x dirs
"Couldn't cd"
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* Re: Spaces in path name breaks M-x dirs?
2003-02-18 14:51 Spaces in path name breaks M-x dirs? Ixnay Amenay
@ 2003-02-18 20:33 ` gebser
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From: gebser @ 2003-02-18 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
You've discovered one bane of many of the WOS.
I'm not familiar with cygwin, but generally you can get around spaces in
filenames and directories by putting a backslash before the space (to
"escape" it) or putting it or the whole file/directory name in quotes.
hth,
ken
Ixnay Amenay at 06:51 (UTC-0800) on 18 Feb 2003 said:
= cygwin> pwd
= c:/Program Files
= cygwin>
=
= M-x dirs
=
= "Couldn't cd"
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