From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 22 7:57:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1A8937B409 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D6143E91 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:57:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id gAMFvW500715; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:57:32 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200211221557.gAMFvW500715@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Directory To: peter@milneweb.com (Peter Milne) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:57:32 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Free BSD Questions) In-Reply-To: <20021122085543.4d101240.peter@milneweb.com> from "Peter Milne" at Nov 22, 2002 08:55:43 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I have a cd of photos from Windows that I am trying to put on my HD. The folder I am trying to copy is 'My Pictures'. I am trying to get into the directory on the CD. > > It will not work with this command: > > milneweb# ls > My Pictures > milneweb# cd My Pictures > cd: Too many arguments. > > Is it because of the space between the words? Yes. > How do I get around this? Try quotes around the name. ////jerry > > -- > > > Pete > > Mail brought to you by FreeBSD 4.7 and Sylpheed-claws > > http://milneweb.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message