Subject: Re: Un-removable file?
To: T. Sean <71410.25@compuserve.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/21/1997 09:03:21
> That leaves me with a question on the format of the cpin (and by 
> extension, cpout) commands in the Minishell.  Bill said I could use 
> quotes, but I am not sure where he meant.  If I want to copy a file 
> (myfile) into my home directory /usr/tschulze from my Mac hard drive 
> (Operations), is the proper command, "cpin Operations:myfile 
> /usr/tschulze/myfile"?  I am figuring this is the correct format, because 
> in my erroneous cpin command I started the ufs_filepath with "Unix\" and 
> ended up with a file in my root directory "/" named "Unix\", the cpin 
> command understanding the space between the \ and Box as the end of the 
> filename. Right?

Try something like
cpin "File name with spaces:in another directory" "/unix/path with/spaces"

Where you type these quotes in on the cpin line.

Take care,

Bill