Deleting directories with a space in them
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Buddy Ackerman
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:13 am    Post subject: Deleting directories with a space in them Reply with quote
How do you do this? I've got a directory with a space at the end of the name and I can't figure out
how to delete or rename it.


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Dave Patrick
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:34 am    Post subject: Re: Deleting directories with a space in them Reply with quote
From a command prompt try;

dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.

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"Buddy Ackerman" wrote:
| How do you do this? I've got a directory with a space at the end of the
name and I can't figure out
| how to delete or rename it.
|
|
| --Buddy
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Buddy Ackerman
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:53 am    Post subject: Re: Deleting directories with a space in them Reply with quote
That worked, thanks.



Dave Patrick wrote:
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From a command prompt try;

dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.
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Dave Patrick
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:06 am    Post subject: Re: Deleting directories with a space in them Reply with quote
You're welcome.

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"Buddy Ackerman" wrote:
| That worked, thanks.
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