Re: xferring files from window

2003-08-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:44:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > > How are you trying to transfer these files? Filenames with spaces work, > > they just require more quoting > > or backslashes: > > cp /mnt/win/file\ with\ spaces /home/user/ That's j

Re: xferring files from window

2003-08-27 Thread Stefan Waidele jun.
Jianan Huang wrote: [...] Renaming all the files to ones without spaces would be too tedious. I know this does not solve the problem, but if you ever need to rename a lot of files, you might want to look up 'mmv' - Multiple Move. Excelent program. HTH sometimes, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: xferring files from window

2003-08-27 Thread gaspard
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > How are you trying to transfer these files? Filenames with spaces work, > they just require more quoting or backslashes: cp /mnt/win/file\ with\ spaces /home/user/ Gaspard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: xferring files from window

2003-08-27 Thread David Z Maze
"Jianan Huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. I have to re-use Hotmail because I notice that mails I sent via > Yahoo are separately listed from the ones sent via Hotmail. Is it > possible to request the Debian mail administrator to combine them? Probably, but asking the mailing list isn't goin

Re: xferring files from window

2003-08-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:48:23PM +, Jianan Huang wrote: > 2. I encounter problem when I try to xfer files from my Win95 drive to > my Linux drive; Linux does not accept Win file names with spaces. Yes it does. > Renaming all the files to ones without spaces would be too tedious. Is > there