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  1. From: doug@hparc0.aus.hp.com (Doug Parsons)
  2. Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:16:25 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: Help--Space in filename..can't read/write/copy
  4. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.121625.21735@hparc0.aus.hp.com>
  5. Organization: HP Australasian Response Centre (Melbourne)
  6. Path: sparky!uunet!ornl!utkcs2!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpcc05!hparc0.aus.hp.com!doug
  7. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
  8. References: <bern.721335559@kleopatra>
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  12. To answer the original poster's question on removing a filename in a 
  13. subdirectory that has a space in it:
  14.  
  15. cd \mydir
  16. md tmp
  17. copy *.* tmp
  18. del *.*
  19. copy tmp\*.* .
  20. del tmp
  21. rd tmp
  22.  
  23.  
  24. douginoz
  25.