[Mono-list] Mono on Windows Primer?

[George Birbilis]

> Also, note that my mono installation is not in
> c:\Program Files, which is the default installation
> director in Win.  This gives my editor, UltraEdit,
> fits  when I try to invoke mcs.exe and mono.exe from
> inside UltraEdit.  This is not a mono issue, but Perl,
> Python, Zope, and other *nix originated software don't
> install in the c:\Program Files directory (that silly
> space in the directory name!).

Windows automatically create short filenames too for those long filenames

use the /X parameter of the DIR command from the command line to see the
short filename

e.g. if you use Start/Run... menu and give "cmd" (or "command" in older
Windows), you get the command line ("DOS") window where you can give the
following command:

DIR /X "c:\program*"

 Volume in drive C is ...
 Volume Serial Number is ...

 Directory of c:\

<date>  <time>      <DIR>          PROGRA~1        Program Files
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               1 Dir(s)   ... bytes free

so on my machine the short file path is "C:\PROGRA~1"

however most newer programs will work OK if you use " and " arround the long
filename (e.g. "C:\PROGRAM FILES") and don't need to use the short filename

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