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| From | bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping |
| Date | 2012-05-29 12:50 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jq39aq$6hq$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <jq2eme$o07$1@dont-email.me> <4fc4c1cb$0$6931$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> |
On 5/29/2012 5:32 AM, Silvio Bierman wrote: > On 05/29/2012 02:16 PM, bilsch wrote: >> 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? >> >> TIA Bill S. > > Not really Java related but anyway: in DOS/Windows you need to quote the > complete path like "C:/My Documents/Pictures/abc.WMV" etc. > > Silvio > Thanks Silvio. I discovered that the directory is called simply 'Documents' in DOS instead of 'My Documents' as in Windows. So there's no need of quoting. The javac command produces a class file. Thanks Bill S.
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Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 05:16 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2012-05-29 14:32 +0200
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2012-05-29 13:58 +0100
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-05-29 07:06 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-29 09:27 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 14:07 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-05-29 21:43 +0000
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-05-29 16:37 -0600
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-29 14:55 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 16:06 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-02 09:31 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-03 19:23 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 12:55 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2012-05-30 10:30 +0100
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 12:54 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 12:50 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-29 07:31 -0700
Re: Space in 'My Documents' directory not fixed by quoting or \ escaping bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 12:59 -0700
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