Subject: Re: Change Bootx kernel directory?
From: Charlie Watts (cewatts@frontier.net)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 14:43:44 MDT
In general, unix command-line tools are capable of dealing with spaces in
filenames, but by default treat spaces as option/argument boundaries.
There are several ways to "protect" a space in a filename.
You can say:
cp file_to_copy "/mnt/mountpoint/System Folder/Linux Kernels"
cp file_to_copy /mnt/mountpoint/System\ Folder/Linux\ Kernels/
cp file_to_copy /mnt/mountpoint/System" "Folder/Linux" "Kernels/
Personally, I find the first or second options to be more legible than the
third, but unix doesn't care - do whichever works for you.
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Murias O'Ceallagh wrote:
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> On my machine how I cp into a dir with a space into it is simply;
> cp /mnt/Mac9/System" "Folder/Linux" "Kernels/
>
> of course replace the Mac9 with the name of your drive. The space within
> the quotes does the trick with spaces in the folder names. I have seen
> success with this with most flavors of unix. ;)
>
> Just my 2 cents.
> Murias
>
> >Sorry to bring you more Newbie problems!
> >
> > When compiling new kernels for a Bootx (Old world ) machine they
> >need to copied to '/mnt/"drive"/System Folder/Linux Kernels' and in
> >console mode (quickest for an old 7600) it seems one can't reach any
> >MacOs directory with space characters in their name. Is there a way
> >to rename the driectory for kernels for Bootx or to change its
> >preferences?
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Aake Svensson, Sweden
>
-- Charlie Watts cewatts@frontier.net Frontier Internet http://www.frontier.net/
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