[Ilugc] how to copy a file with spaces in the name?

From: creativewolf@xxxxxxxxx (CreativeWolf)
Date: Thu Jan 7 07:19:32 2010

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I had a file 'filename 04 april v3.pdf' - I tried to copy it to another

directory, but cp refused to oblige. I managed to generate the command by
typing 'filename\' and pressing tab key. That is as far as I could go. I
finally
had to go back to kmail and save the file in the correct directory.

Try "filename 04 april v3.pdf"and also check directory permissions.

/CW
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