09-13-2002
Dos window, long file names prob
At the dos command prompt, does anyone remember how to make it recognize long file names? ie, windows long file names for folders, my documents, if i'm at the :> prompt and want to change to that directory, how do i make it skip the space? I've tried cd "my document" cd my\documents cd 'my documents' etc. ANyone remember this?
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SOBBY(1) General Commands Manual SOBBY(1)
NAME
sobby - a dedicated server for collaborative editing
SYNOPSIS
sobby [options] [session file]
DESCRIPTION
sobby is a dedicated server which allows clients to edit plain text documents and source files collaboratively over a network. Changes to
the documents are synchronised instantly to the other clients.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of available options is
included below.
-?, --help
Show help options
-n, --name=NAME
Published server name
-i, --interactive
Show prompt to enter commands at runtime
-p, --port=PORT
Port which should be used to listen for clients
--password=PASSWORD
Global password required to join the session
-c, --configfile=FILE
Use the settings specified in the given configuration file
--write-configfile=FILE
Write the settings passed on the command line to the specified configuration file and exit
--autosave-file=FILE
File where to store autosaved sessions
--autosave-interval=INTERVAL
Interval (in seconds) between autosaves, 0 disables them; the presence of --autosave-directory automatically disables this option
--autosave-directory=DIRECTORY
Directory where to autosave all individual files of a session
session file
File to restore the session from, together with all documents stored therein and changes attributed to the corresponding users.
AUTHOR
sobby was written by the 0x539 dev group <crew@0x539.de>.
August 17, 2006 SOBBY(1)