directory and file names with blank spaces

[Murray Eisenberg]

I was under the impression that the general rule for .tex files was that
the path to them cannot contain a space.  I didn't think this had
anything to do with any particular packaging of TeX such as Y&Y's but
rather was a feature of TeX itself.

Stephen Curran wrote:
> I have been using Y&Y Tex version 2.2 on both office and home computers.
> I have run into the situation that when a directory or file name of a
> TeX file that I want to convert to a DVI file contains a blank space,
> Y&Y Tex cannot find the file. It tries to append .tex to the first
> occurrence of a directory name or file name with a blank space. When I
> enter the file name after the prompt, it produces a DVI file as
> expected. I find this incredibly annoying. I have the luxury of  using
> underscores instead of blank spaces in directory or file names on my
> home computer. This is not the case for my office computer. The tech
> support staff have all staff and faculty store files on a directory
> named "My documents and files" for remote backup purposes.
>
> How does one resolve this problem?
>
> Stephen Curran
>
>
>

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