Re: set directories with spaces

2002-06-27 Thread Simon Lord
I wonder if this is a OSX problem, but the following does not work at all: set the directory to /Volumes/Mac OS X I cannot set the directory to any path that has spaces in the filename. On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 06:54 AM, Klaus Major wrote: set the directory to /Mac OS X Sincerely,

Re: set directories with spaces

2002-06-27 Thread Yennie
I wonder if this is a OSX problem, but the following does not work at all: set the directory to /Volumes/Mac OS X I cannot set the directory to any path that has spaces in the filename. What happens if you escape the spaces: set the directory to /Volumnes/Mac\ OS\ X I think that's what

Re: set directories with spaces

2002-06-27 Thread Simon Lord
Doesn't work either. Under most Unices you would use quotes to close the filename: cd /Volumes/Mac OS X This works if I run it through shell(), but that's not what I'm trying to do. I want to set the directory internally to MC, driving me a little nuts at the moment. On Friday, June 28,

Re: set directories with spaces

2002-06-26 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Simon, no quotes will do the trick ;-) ... set the directory to /Mac OS X ... et voila... MC is less restrictive than shell... How can we set the directory to a folder with spaces? In the shell I would do the following: cd Mac OS X Under MetaCard I have to do the following which I

Re: set directories with spaces

2002-06-26 Thread Richard MacLemale
On 6/26/02 12:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: From: Simon Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How can we set the directory to a folder with spaces? In the shell I would do the following: cd Mac OS X Under MetaCard