Re: is it correct to specific a path name like this
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 try_email_me@yahoo.ca wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> $PDB=~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb
> $PDB="~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb"
> $PDB='~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Cool Joe/AddressDB.pdb'
>
> ls $PDB
>
> give me error. is there a way or no way?
You can try someting like
/path/to/dir\ space/
Basically you can escape the space by putting a \ infront of it. Try do a
tab completion in bash to see what I mean
Rgds
Rus
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