# LOAD\_PATH includes unquoted individual entries

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-includes-unquoted-individual-entries/57746>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [March 22, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-includes-unquoted-individual-entries/57746 "2021-03-22T20:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/load-path-includes-unquoted-individual-entries/57746/11 "2021-03-23T07:46:47Z")

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As you stated correctly, the problem in the original question was a colon and not spaces. I split off a general discussion about best practice for characters in path names here: [Which characters to avoid in file and path names](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/which-characters-to-avoid-in-file-and-path-names/57772)

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