Command line paths...what's the syntax?

[Hiawatha Bray]

I have trouble with typing commands that require entering the path to a
particular directory. It's the long file name thing. When you need to run
an app in a folder with a name like "D drive backups," how do you type that
path? Where does the tilde go? That sort of thing. Anybody know? Thanks.

 

[David Candy]

Enclose names with spaces in inverted commas.
"c:\documents and settings"

Spaces seperate terms so if using space as part of a name it must be enclosed to let the command processor know not to treat it as a delimiter.

 

[Guest]

Type the program paths with a max of 8 letters using the following example

C:\progra~1\someth~1\file.ex

Use a maximum of 8 characters

The last 2 are always a ~ and 1.

 

[Hiawatha Bray]

I'll try it. Thanks.


Enclose names with spaces in inverted commas.
"c:\documents and settings"

Spaces seperate terms so if using space as part of a name it must be
enclosed to let the command processor know not to treat it as a delimiter.