Ot: Windows 7

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2014, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 8/6/2014 1:14 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
>> Did some testing today on both Windows 7 and Windows XP regarding spaces
>> on the command line.
> [... "cd" to directory with spaces ...]
>> Well, both the commands work without the parentheses on Windows 7.
>>
>> However cd c:\Program files fails on Windows XP unless quoted.
>>
>> If you are working in a Windows 7 or greater environment, this can save
>> you problems in exporting paths as you don't need to  uses quotes.

It may save you problems on Win7, but it is probably a Bad
Idea(TM) to leave the quotes off if you expect scripts to be
backwards compatible.

Always program for the lowest common denominator, and avoid
language extensions that aren't supported on all platforms.

Bill
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