[Tex/LaTex] BibTeX Error: White space in argument

Question

I am running LaTeX on a Mac and am getting the following error message when I run BibTeX:

White space in argument---line 19 of file file.aux
 : \bibdata{\protect
 :                   \unhbox \voidb@x \penalty \@M \ {}/Documents/University/references} 

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Looks as if you are using a ~ (\nobreakspace)) in the file name. Try \string~ instead (but I have no idea if bibtex will like it).