On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 09:04, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Greg Murphy wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > The following should work: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > sourcedir="/mount/windows/spaced name" > > cp "$sourcedir"/* $target > > i say that the above will barf on windows filenames like > > "tom's proposal.doc" and "2002 Budget: 1st quarter"
Both of those filenames _should_ be fine. The double-quotes will allow single quotes inside, and the colon will be fine too (although Windows cannot create a filename with a colon in). Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF