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Re: file directory problem in curl command

From: Paul Gilmartin via curl-users <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:29:54 -0600

On Aug 23, 2021, at 16:05:40, Bill Mercer wrote:
>
>>> I was referring to this...
>>> "E:/NC Voter Files/address/NCaddresses1.csv"
>>>
>>> The error message references an invalid path, and that's an invalid path.
>>
>> Why do you say that? Why then does this command work (in a cmd terminal
>> window under Win 8.1):
> I'm not here to debate.
> I made a suggestion to try and help the original poster.
> That suggestion was misinterpreted by someone.
>
That was I. I apologize for my carelessness.

> I responded to that, and now you're presenting evidence to prove me wrong.
>
I took that not as "debate" but as statement of an obscure fact in
anticipatory explanation of an unexpected possible result.

> How is any of this even remotely helpful to Doug Hess?
>
I'll suggest with meager knowledge of Windows command syntax,
that Doug Hess try:
both: dir "E:/NC Voter Files/address/NCaddresses1.csv"
and: dir "E:\NC Voter Files\address\NCaddresses1.csv"
... and note/compare the results.

And DS just made an enlightened suggestion of "-v".

-- gil

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