zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk) (03/06/91)
Sorry to bug the net, but I don't have any fellow Amigans around here
to ask.
What's the trick to setting protect flags on files that have names
with spaces in them?
--Stevezerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (03/07/91)
In article <17252@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk) writes: > > Sorry to bug the net, but I don't have any fellow Amigans around here >to ask. This sort of question is one of the reasons for using .introduction. > What's the trick to setting protect flags on files that have names >with spaces in them? Generally, whenever you want to refer to file names with wierd characters in them, you should surround them with quotes: cli> protect "my file" +d Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
sirotto@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU (Mike Cerrato) (03/07/91)
In article <17252@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk) writes: > > Sorry to bug the net, but I don't have any fellow Amigans around here >to ask. > What's the trick to setting protect flags on files that have names >with spaces in them? > --Steve Try enclosing the filename in quotes. If that doesn't work, I dunno. ___ __ |\ |\ | / \ SirOtto -- Gallant Knight of a rather large, squarish | \ | \ | / table someplace in the West Panhandle of Florida. | \ | \ |--< | \| \|___\____/ Michael E. Cerrato -- University of Florida Internet: sirotto%maple.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!uflorida!pine.circa.ufl.edu!sirotto%maple.decnet
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (03/07/91)
zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk) writes: > Sorry to bug the net, but I don't have any fellow Amigans around here > to ask. > What's the trick to setting protect flags on files that have names > with spaces in them? --Steve No apology needed; that's exactly the kind of question this group was created to handle: protect "this file name contains spaces" +S worked fine when I flipped screens and tried it under workbench 1.3 just now. /// It's Amiga /// for me: why Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for <xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> \XX/ anything less? -- Convener, COMPLETED comp.sys.amiga grand reorganization.