Hi, Even within Windows (which I support on a daily basis), I have run into a lot of issues where things just don't work as they should if a space is used within a file name / path name / any other type of name. I've lost count of the times when someone has called me with a problem where something isn't working properly, I've gone and replaced the spaces with an _ (underscore), and things just start working correctly.
As a result, I always encourage people to use other characters such as a _ instead of a space when doing any type of naming of files / paths / services, etc., regardless of the OS. > This is one of the things that ( glaringly ) Microsoft got right ! > Traditionally, *nix has always used whitespace as a delimiter. > Therefore, a space is not "allowed" in a file name, and many > other places, where it is assumed to be a delimiter, a separation > between names, and never part of the name. > Yes, you can escape it, or quote it, but it's not intuitive. > Some "desktop" interfaces handle it for you, but not all, and > not in all circumstances. > -- > Cowboy _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
