(regarding the annoyance of DVD mount point names containing embedded
quotes)
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, David Boles wrote:
> Perhaps the name inside quotes?
>
> "The disk name goes here"
>
> In GNOME the DVD name displayed in the GUI named 'Computer' and on the
> Desktop is:
>
> "FU 20080204 8 x86_64 DVD"
>
>
> In a terminal window in X it is:
>
> /media/"FU 20080204 8 x86_64 DVD"
>
> Notice both contain the spaces and the quotes.
>
> However when viewed at level init 3 the name is:
>
> /media/"FU\ 20080204\ 8\ x86_64\ DVD"
hang on here ... do you *know* for a *fact* that the above will work?
because i'm sure i tried that and it failed -- that's the only reason
that i got into that ugly detail on the wiki page.
if the above actually works, then i can simplify that page immensely.
rday
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