Aside from the \ thing, which is absolutely correct, whenever in doubt, just use command line completetion. cd in /mnt/win_c and then type in the first few letters (in this case Arch) and then just push the Tab key. > >On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Tyrell wrote: > > > Hello all. > > > > I want to know how to change to a directory with spaces in his name in >the > > console window. For example: > > > > cd /mnt/win_c/Archivos de programa/ > >cd /mnt/win_c/Archivos\ de\ programa/ > >You are using the \ as an ESCAPE to tell the shell to treat that as a >space and not an end of the arguments. > >This goes for special characters too, like the ~ character. The shell will >typically interpret this in other ways so if you try the following > >more ~file > >it may look for user directory named "file", but if you do this > >more \~file it will more the file that has the literal name "~file" > >Albion > >Albion E. Baucom >http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~baucom > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
