Android Question paths and file names with spaces in them?

thedesolatesoul

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• Apr 7, 2014

• #2

Are you using shell commands?
You can wrap them in single or double quotes.

 

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merlin2049er

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• Apr 7, 2014

• #3

yes, I'm using the functions in mlfiles, cp and rm.

 

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thedesolatesoul

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• Apr 7, 2014

• #4

something like this would work:
"cp 'my file.txt' 'new file.txt'"

 

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merlin2049er

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• Apr 7, 2014

• #5

Ok, I'll try that. Thanks!

 

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Erel

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• Apr 7, 2014

• #6

If it doesn't work then add a slash (\) before the space.

 

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