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hi ,

i am facing problem while compiling c and c++ files from command prompt when there is gap between the directory names....

example:-C:\Program Files>

in above example there is gap between "program " and " Files"... similarly directories like "Documents and Settings" .... how can we solve this problem when files to be compiled in these kind of directories...

Posted 15-May-12 18:44pm

pasupulety

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Peter_in_2780 · Answer 1 · 2012-05-15T19:02:00

Solution 1

Just as you did in your question! Put them in double quotes. The command processor (and many other programs) knows how to strip quotes from around file names (and other things) with embedded spaces.

For example:

progname "this is all argv[1]" argv2
progname argv1 argv2 argv3

Cheers,
Peter

Posted 15-May-12 19:02pm

Peter_in_2780

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pasupulety 16-May-12 1:15am

when i use c:\> cd "Program Files" after pressing enter it is becoming c:\Program Files> once again facing the problem while compiling from this path... can u please explain briefly....

Peter_in_2780 16-May-12 1:22am

Just keep on doing it.
c:\Program Files>compile "c:\path with spaces\file" option1 ... or whatever you need

Andy411 16-May-12 1:48am

My 5 for the correct answer

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Jun-12 12:10pm

Right, a 5.
--SA

sutaru · Answer 2 · 2012-05-16T07:42:00

Solution 2

First you check from command prompt what is the directory name. For example
c:>program files are named as c:>progra~1.
C++ Basics

Posted 16-May-12 7:42am

sutaru

Updated 16-May-12 7:45am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Jun-12 12:11pm

Aha, supporting deprecated short names? Have a vote of 1!
--SA