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Old 11-02-2008
CHMOD DOS Filenames

This is a little embarassing to ask this question, anywho...

I want to chmod some directories on our public drive but I having difficulties with those created in windows
eg p:\usr\public\Bill Gates

When I enter chmod 777 Bill Gates I get an error, obviously because of the space in the directory name, how do I get around this?

I cant see an obvious listing in the GUI scoadmin which used to be sysadmsh.

Any help?
Thanks
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Old 11-02-2008
chmod 777 "Bill Gates"
 
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