Mount directories with a space in its name

Stky10

I'm trying to mount some Windows directories on my Ubuntu machine through adding them to /etc/fstab.

Most are working, but I'm wondering how to do it for directories with a space in their name such as "Work Folder"

I know I can do it through calling a script at startup and using "/server/work folder" but since I've most of them setup through /etc/fstab at this stage I was wondering if there is a way to do it.

feylya

/Work\ Folder/ should work.

workaccount

You just need to type Work\ Folder


EDIT: Id say there was split seconds between me and feylya there!

Stky10

I get the following error when I try to mount it after doing that

[mntent]: line 16 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /media/samba/Work folder in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

feylya

Do you have Work Folder created in /media/samba? What's the complete line from fstab?

Stky10

Yeah, I have the folder created. Its case sensitive as well

The line from the fstab is

//192.168.0.14/Work\ folder /media/samba/Work\ folder cifs username=tom,password=password,auto 0 0

My password isn't password, I've just edited it for here. This structure works for other directories mounted off the same server that don't contain a space, so its not that. I'm using CIFS because its a Windows Server 2003 machine its mounting from and I've read before SMBFS doesn't support it.

Cake Fiend

Are you bearing in mind that linux is case-sensitive? Double-check which words are capitalized...