[KLUG Members] accessing linux dir with ' in name

[Tony Gettig]

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 15:13 -0400, bill wrote:
> A windows user named a directory on with a single quote mark ('), as in
> "joe's stuff".  The directory got copied to a samba server.
> 
> I'm trying to enter the directory to copy them over to another directory
> and delete this one.  
...

The one variation I didn't see in your message is:

cd "joe\'s stuff" (encapsulated in quote marks, not apostrophe)

Also, try the old tab-complete trick. Type:

cd jo<TAB> 

and see if it autocompletes.

HTH.