Mark's mail wrote:
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> Wait...I thought spaces "were/are" illegal in *nix?
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:25:28 +0100 (CET), Paul said:
>
Are you kidding? Try
mkdir "directory with spaces"
ls
rm -r "directory with spaces"
but directory.with.spaces is easier, right? ;-}
> > >I would have thought that a space was an undesirable if not illegal
> > >character in a filename let alone a directory name.
> > >
> > >Is this not the case?
> >
> > If it were illegal, I think that someone would have made a program
> > alteration that would prevent you from putting a space in a directory
> > name. I agree though, that it is undesirable.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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