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From: Rogan Carr (rogan_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2007 - 12:51:29 CDT

Hi Seah,

The command line won't understand spaces. When you type 'University of
Illinois' type it like `University\ of\ Illinois'. This tells the
interpreter that you still have one string, but it has spaces in it
(instead of three separate strings, one for each 'University of
Illinois').

Rogan

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Seah Harold wrote:

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> Hi i typed this 'copy ubq.psf ubq.pdb ubq_w* C:\Program Files\University of Illinois\VMD\namd-tutorial-files\common' the reply is 'the system cannot find the file specified'Is the somewhere that i typed wrongly?> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:10:11 -0500> From: rogan_at_ks.uiuc.edu> To: bluewolfz_at_hotmail.com> CC: tutorial-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: tutorial-l: Enquires> > Hi Seah,> > The 'third' file copied (I'm assuming here that you mean in 1.3.7) is > actually multiple files. The command `cp ubq.psf ubq.pdb ubq_w* > ../common' copies ubq.pdb ubq.psf ubq_ws.pdb ubq_ws.psf ubq_wb.pdb and > ubq_wb.psf. The star (*) acts as a wildcard capturing any characters that > come after it.> > As for how you copy the files, it does not matter. I would urge you to > use the command-line, as it becomes extremely more useful than the window > interface one you get used to it.> > Cheers,> Rogan> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Seah Harold wrote:> > >> > Hi i would like to know what is the third file to be copied into the common folder for the namd tutorial? And is it necessary to copy the files through the terminal window? Is it possible for me to copy in windows?> > Thanks.
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