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Re: Not entirely OT: quotation marks with cmd commands
- Subject: Re: Not entirely OT: quotation marks with cmd commands
- From: Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:00:28 -0400
I ALWAYS keep my computer and printer names down to 8 letters, for ease of
referencing from the DOS prompt. But I'm helping someone with a networked
PC and printer with long, full of spaces, UNC names. How do you set them
off in typed command or a bat file? I could have sworn Harry said
something about that not too long ago, but cannot find it.
Yes:
>>if your computer name has a space in it, try enclosing it in quotes, as in:
net use lpt2 "\\This Computer" /Persistent:Yes<<
For example, if I need to say
net use lpt1 \\Too Long PC Name\Too Long Printer Share
Where do I put the quotes? Around everything after "use"? Or just before
the first \\ and at the end?
Before the first \\.
Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx