Re: Compatibility Issues With Windows Files
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 01:32:39PM -0400, RiverWind wrote:
> When attempting to extract "rar" files in either Linux or Unix, the
> file naming protocol seems to be a very crucial issue. To wit,
> should a file be fraught with open spaces, many Unix and Linux
> utilities will not work, because it seems that MS-Windows allows
> for blank spaces within file names, whereas Dos, Linux and Unix do
> not. This would seem to be the case from my personal point of view
> based upon recent experience.
Use quotes.
touch "This is a file with spaces"
rm "This is a file with spaces"
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