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# SET PATH TO Syntax for Folder Names with Spaces

Article ID: 113176

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh

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## SUMMARY

The Macintosh operating system allows the use of spaces and other special characters within folder and file names. The SET PATH command, which specifies a path for file searches, requires special syntax if folder names containing spaces are used.
If a folder in the path contains a space character in the name, the entire path name must be enclosed in quotation marks. Within the quotation marks, each separate folder to search should be separated by semicolons or commas as shown in the following example:

       SET PATH TO "Mac HD:FoxPro 2.5B; tutorial; goodies"

Additional query words: vFoxMac FoxMac directory

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