The cloud directory name "Ubuntu One" has a space in it....

Marc Deslauriers marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Wed Dec 26 17:29:53 UTC 2012


On 12-12-26 09:52 AM, Fredrik Öhrström wrote:
> this causes problems when I try to use the directory for my source code
> projects that use make or when I put configuration files for dosemu in there,
> or a thousand other situations, when spaces in directory names cause
> problems....
> 
> I can of course create a link to it with a name without space, but it would
> be much better if I, in the UbuntuOne tool could rename it to "UbuntuOne".
> 
> Adding another storage under a different name, is not an options since
> I cannot remove the "Ubuntu One" directory and I do not want to have two
> cloud storage directories.

Why can't you remove it? Just create a new synced directory, right click
the "Ubuntu One" directory and click on "Stop synchronizing this folder".

Seems to me you have a very specific use case with broken software. Most
people wouldn't hit a limitation with spaces in directory names.

Marc.






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