Subject: Re: Change Bootx kernel directory?
From: Aake Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 14:52:34 MDT
Thanks a lot Charlie and Murias for the insights in commandline action!
Regards,
Aake Svensson
>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:
>
>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
>> 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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