Spaces in Folder Name

[tang]

Hi,

I am using windows 2003 server. When running cd %tmp% on command prompt, getting a space in folder name(C:\DOCUME~1\BilluTst\Local Settings\Temp). As of I know the spaces are repleced by some character. Is this system configuration problem? Please help.

Thanks and Regards,

tang.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Welcome to the Windows Forum.

This is obviously how the %TMP% environment variable was set up. You can change it, if you want (to LOCALS~1), or just use quotes in the command:

cd "%tmp%"

[tang]

Welcome to the Windows Forum.

This is obviously how the %TMP% environment variable was set up. You can change it, if you want (to LOCALS~1), or just use quotes in the command:

cd "%tmp%"

Thanks Pat for replying. But the problem is when the same command(cd %tmp% ) is used on a different system, Local Settings is coming as LOCALS~1. Is any problem whith that system?

Thanks,

tng

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

I don't know how that environment variable got set that way, but as I mentioned earlier, you can always change it; see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519.

[Scarecrow Man]

try

cd "%tmp%"

The quotation tags will encapsulate any data. For example:

md this is a folder

would result in 4 folders being created:

this

is

a

folder

md "this is a folder"

would result in 1 folder being created:

this is a folder

[tang]

try

cd "%tmp%"

The quotation tags will encapsulate any data. For example:

md this is a folder

would result in 4 folders being created:

this

is

a

folder

md "this is a folder"

would result in 1 folder being created:

this is a folder

I have got this , "" will encapsulate the data. But really want to know why in one machine cd %tmp%(without quotation) is returning the path with spaces in folder name and for other the same command is replacing the spaces with some character(like ~).

Thanks,

tng

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

The Local Settings folder name is the Windows name, LOCALS~1 is the DOS (8.3) name.

Why some environment variables are set up with the DOS name, others with the Windows name, I don't know. But in your case, having a mixed DOS/WINDOWS name (C:\DOCUME~1\BilluTst\Local Settings\Temp) is very unusual, and it suggests that it has been manually set or changed. So I suggest that you manually set it back to what you expect it to be.

[tang]

The Local Settings folder name is the Windows name, LOCALS~1 is the DOS (8.3) name.

Why some environment variables are set up with the DOS name, others with the Windows name, I don't know. But in your case, having a mixed DOS/WINDOWS name (C:\DOCUME~1\BilluTst\Local Settings\Temp) is very unusual, and it suggests that it has been manually set or changed. So I suggest that you manually set it back to what you expect it to be.

Thanks Pat.

But could you please elaborate how to change the settings to get LocalS~1 in place of Local Settings?

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Have you looked at the link I gave you in my earlier post?

[tang]

Have you looked at the link I gave you in my earlier post?

Yes Pat I had a look.I got the information how to change the Environment variables.

But the problem is I have

TMP = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

and

USERPROFILE = C:\DOCUME~1\tngTst

on both machines.

But one machine is returning

C:\DOCUME~1\tngTst\LocalS~1\Temp

and the other is returning

C:\DOCUME~1\tngTst\Local Settings\Temp

when i m running %tmp% command. I want to know why there is a space in Local Settings folder name in the path. Why isn't it getting replaced by LocalS~1??

[Guest Day There]

The total length of the DOS file name, plus the extension, cannot exceed 11 characters and hence DOS has it LOCALS~1 (8 Chars)