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Re: [LUG] Win4Lin 3.0



> Also another small question, when navigating directorys from the command > line how do you enter a directory which has a name containing spaces
> e.g "Copy to CD" as 'cd Copy to CD' does not work i have had this problem 
> before and solved it but have regrettably been using windows for a while and 
> forgotten all my prior knowledge

cd 'Copy to CD'
or
cd Copy\ to\ CD

Often using your shell's tab completion feature will help.

cd Copy<TAB>
assuming no other matches for Copy in the current directory will be converted
to 
cd Copy\ to\ CD


Matthew Buckett
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