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From: "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 07:31:40 -0700
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"bilsch" <bilsch01@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> I'm writing a DOS script that uses pathnames with the well known Windows 
> directory 'My Documents'. The name has a space in it that causes javac and 
> java commands to choke. Neither of the following works:
> 'My Documents' (single quotes) or My\ Documents (escape the space).
> Here is an example:
>
> javac -d C:/Users/Owner/'My Documents'/NetBeansProjects/%1/build/classes
>
> Can anyone tell me the workaround for this?
Two things to try:

1. Use double-quotes instead of single ones.
2. Use "dir /x" to discover the short name for "My Documents" (I'd guess 
it's MYDOCU~1) and use that instead.