They're awkward, especially when the programs don't automatically deal with them. But yes, Florin's right; the spaces _are_ there for a reason (as are the underscores) and I do need to find a workaround, as I can't go blindly replacing either. But it's definately given me a whole new view of filename sensitivity (especially with doing these scripts). Peace -jordan On 3/14/06, Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:05:14PM -0600, Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 02:53:20PM -0600, Jordan Peacock wrote: > > > I've found part of the difficulty; > > > > > > Files names are being separated at each space, making a single file > > > being broken up into unintelligible fragments (example below) > > > > Blanks in file names are evil...just pure evil. > > Why_do_you_say_that?_File_names_are_a_part_of_the_user_interface_and_why_should_I_bend_my_eyes_around_the_capabilities_(or_lack_thereof)_of_the_machine/program?_If_the_script_crashed_because_the_file_name_was_longer_than_14_characters_would_you_say_that_to_be_evil_as_well? > > florin > > -- > Don't question authority: they don't know either! > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEFz2UND0rFCN2b1sRAtbtAJ987bD9pL+3CqMWjcWwtTlbpoyKJgCfUZ3b > ntZHfDnjO3/BSARRJHmFJQ8= > =/Goi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > >