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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: How to hyperlink a file whose name has `space' ?
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Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> `file:' can link a file on disk .
>> 
>> But my file's name has `space' in it .
>> 
>> How to hyperlink that file?
>> 
>
> Hex-encode the space (or other special characters):
>
> [[file:/path/to/foo%20bar][foo bar]]
>

And if you want this to happen automatically, you can create the link by
calling org-insert-link with a prefix argument (C-u C-c C-l). This will
provide an interactive prompt for navigating to the file.

- Matt