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RE: Help changing dir with spaces...


> From: Jonathan Gift [mailto:j.gift@wanadoo.fr]
> Subject: Help changing dir with spaces...
> I'm very familiar with Linux and new to Cywin, but one of my first
> priorities is to mobe around the Bash shell. The only really pressing
matter
> is how to move to the folders under WXP: C:\Documents and settings
> 
> I can move to C:\Work or C:\tmp but anything with spaces it balks at.
Since
> I can't change XP's default, is there a way to get Bash to accept the
space?
  Since you are very familiar with Linux this should
  be no problem.  Do it the same as in Linux:

  cd /c/"Documents and settings"
  or
    cd /c/Documents\ and\ settings

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