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

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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