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Dos, opening Directories with spac
Name: callaghan001 Date: October 18, 2006 at 15:23:37 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1024mb 3.2ghz HT Product: Dell
Comment:
Hey, This is really urgent so i would appriciate any help!
How do you access a directory in dos if the directory name has spaces?
for example, i am trying to access C:\Documents and Settings
Name: jboy Date: October 19, 2006 at 00:38:29 Pacific
Reply:
use quotes:
"C:\Documents and Settings"
Probably not all that urgent, and just as likely not DOS either (XP command prompt) - makes no difference I suppose
Trying to 'fix' something?
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: October 19, 2006 at 04:33:31 Pacific
Reply:
In DOS it would look like this:
DOCUME~1
In NT you can use quotes, as jboy says.
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Response Number 3
Name: callaghan001 Date: November 13, 2006 at 04:18:50 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, was trying to fix something alright, got a virus in my pc and ended up unable to boot it, so i used a knoppix cd i had lying around to boot, i just couldnt access the folders that had spaces!
I got the file i had to get in the end anyway, thanks for your help though Callaghan001
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