On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:35:45 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:

> If you remember, a few months ago, I was ranting about a very expensive
> commercial network monitoring software suite that specifically mentioned
> NOT using spaces in directory names for exactly that reason.
> 
> Unfortunately the Windows port of that software suite is installed under
> C:\Program files, so they require that the disk have short file names
> enabled, so that they can use C:\PROGRA~1 instead.

I don't see how that's an OS issue, though.

How's the shell supposed to know if you mean a space in a filename or a 
space between parameters unless you tell it which you mean?

Jim

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