[olug] dir access

VincentR vincentr at cox.net
Sun Feb 24 03:38:16 UTC 2002


You need to use the escape character so your shell properly interprets the spaces:
cd /mnt/drizzt/c/Program\ Files/ 
I think you could also use ticks:
cd '/mnt/drizzt/c/Program Files/'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mesc" <mescie at home.com>
To: "OLUG" <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: [olug] dir access


> How can one cd to a directory in a mounted windows partition from linux
> that is 2 words such as Program Files,or can you?Where linux uses an
> underscore between 2 words windows uses a space which of couse linux
> don't recognize.
> 
>                         Thank you,Gary
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