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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Yes that is not different from the command line in Windows but the gui does not require special treatment and is standard in Windows but extra addon in Unix/Linux. The quotes, by the way, are mostly added automatically in command line completion in Windows when used as an argument. If you look at my original post all I said was that a space required special handling not that it was illegal. If you go back to Unix in the 70's as I do then you will find that Unix in those days did not have any required files or directories that used a space and it was discouraged normal usage. Some early file systems didn't even support it. It wasn't until Windows forced the issue with the Program Files name that it became accepted. Ok, back to the orignal program, still in progress.
Dale
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Keep in mind that linux is not bash (or any other command interpreter) nor the xwindow layer, nor the gui on top of that. If you lump them together, you are talking about a distribution that is based on linux - e.g. Ubuntu. Suse, Debian, Fedora etc etc.
Also, I suggest we look at what is current, not what was historically the case. People have moved on. Consider the normal user (as opposed to the computer savvy or geek). If I write a label on a manila folder in my filing cabinet, I use spaces. Computers have to allow this or else they don't meet the convenience users.
Spaces HAVE to be allowed in folder/filenames!
