From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Help!!! how to enter a directory, which has a space?
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:48:50 GMT, eglebbk AT dds DOT nl (Evert Glebbeek)
wrote:

>Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:38:57 +0300 (IDT)
>
>>Surround it with quotes:
>>
>>       cd "a b"
>
>I'm not sure if that will work in plain DOS (I know, win9X renames it
>as ab~1, but it is possible to have file and directory names
>containing spaces in plain DOS as well).

Don't most scandisk versions report spaces in filenames as invalid
characters?

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