Subject: Re: Un-removable file?
To: T. Sean <71410.25@compuserve.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/21/1997 09:03:21
> That leaves me with a question on the format of the cpin (and by
> extension, cpout) commands in the Minishell. Bill said I could use
> quotes, but I am not sure where he meant. If I want to copy a file
> (myfile) into my home directory /usr/tschulze from my Mac hard drive
> (Operations), is the proper command, "cpin Operations:myfile
> /usr/tschulze/myfile"? I am figuring this is the correct format, because
> in my erroneous cpin command I started the ufs_filepath with "Unix\" and
> ended up with a file in my root directory "/" named "Unix\", the cpin
> command understanding the space between the \ and Box as the end of the
> filename. Right?
Try something like
cpin "File name with spaces:in another directory" "/unix/path with/spaces"
Where you type these quotes in on the cpin line.
Take care,
Bill