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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cygwin Question Post 302316951 by durden_tyler on Sunday 17th of May 2009 11:58:20 AM
Old 05-17-2009
That's because cd should be followed by one word without spaces (which would be the directory you want to change to).

Cygwin picks up the first word "bill" and assumes that that is the directory you want to change to. And since the directory "bill" is non-existent, it simply says so.

Use double quotes around the directory name if it has spaces in it.

Code:
cd "bill gates"

tyler_durden
 

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mkbom

MKBOM(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						  MKBOM(8)

NAME

     mkbom -- create a bill-of-materials file

SYNOPSIS

     mkbom [-s] directory bom
     mkbom [-s] -i filelist bom
     mkbom -h | --help

DESCRIPTION

     The mkbom command creates a bill-of-materials (bom(5)).  You must specify either a source as a directory, or a text file containing a file
     listing as outputted by lsbom(8).	mkbom will generate bill-of-materials information based on that information.  Any existing bomfile will be
     overwritten by the new bomfile.

     Options:

     -h 	  print full usage

     -s 	  create a simplified bom containing only file paths

     -i filelist  use the information in filelist, one entry per line, to construct the bom file. The format of the file should match lsbom(8)
		  output with no formatting options (the default). If -s is given to mkbom, the input filelist should contain only pathnames, as
		  with lsbom -s.

SEE ALSO

     bom(5), ditto(8), mkbom(8)

HISTORY

     The mkbom command appeared in NeXTSTEP as a tool to create bom files used during installation.

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