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Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Stuff...



Darke, Clive wrote:
Just a small thing I would like to correct.
 "Linux does not like spaces in folder names" is not true, although many
scripts are badly written and cannot handle imbedded spaces in file or
directory (folder) names.  If you want imbedded spaces in a name, just
surround it in quotes (either ' or " will do).  In fact on Unix/Linux the

The other way of doing things is to prefix the space with \ which is the method bash uses for tab completion of filenames.

only character not allowed in a file name is a /.  MS Windows has a whole
bunch of characters it does not allow.  Having said all that, if you do use

MS windows also has difficulties with spaces in filenames.


weird characters in names you have to expect the odd (bad) script to fall
over.


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