The Traders' Den - View Single Post - anyone know how to name a folder with a leading dot?

Punkishlyevil · #10 2005-02-09, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kotti

Command prompt is your friend.

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\k>md "...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead"

C:\Documents and Settings\k>dir
 Volume in drive C is C-WinXP
 Volume Serial Number is A48D-90D5

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\k

10.02.2005  01:34    <DIR>          .
10.02.2005  01:34    <DIR>          ..
10.02.2005  01:34    <DIR>          ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

09.02.2005  14:56    <DIR>          .something
08.02.2005  20:46    <DIR>          Desktop
04.01.2005  13:48    <DIR>          Favorites
24.01.2005  21:56    <DIR>          My Documents
22.12.2004  22:31    <DIR>          Start Menu
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               8 Dir(s)   1 326 686 208 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\k>

Sorry, I am not familiar with doing things via the command prompt so I did not know I needed quotes to make it all one. But thank you.