On 1 September 2012 21:26, Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote: > On 09/01/2012 01:13 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >> >> You say it is invalid, then you say you have to escape it. >> It is perfectly valid in Linux. You just have to escape it to avoid >> confusion inside the shell (no issue with GUI programs). > > > Not quite. I know that in Linux you can get around some invalid characters, > such as spaces, by quoting the name so that the shell knows to pass it on to > the program as one string so I suggested trying it in XP to see if it > worked. >
Not invalid, just not a good idea to use them (or anything that gets interpreted by the shell). I always avoid spaces in anything that needs to be machinable. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
