Net::FTP - error finding files with spaces

[bigbalbossa]

Hi All,

I have a script that reads a flat file containing only filenames, then does a listing on those files to see if they exist on the server...but it's choking on files with spaces in name. I've tried about everything i can think of to no avail.

Just using the normal ftp login and then:

my $temp = $ftp->ls( "$file" )

if $file has no spaces, i'm ok. Thoughts?

 

[mbrooks]

Try this

my $temp = $ftp->ls( "'$file'" );

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[MillerH]

Net::FTP allows spaces just fine in the examples that I tried.

I would therefore suspect that it has something to do with your specific environment (ftp server), or possibly some syntax or logic error in your construction of $file.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

 

[KevinADC]

spaces in filenames is not kosher, you may need to replace them with %20:

$file =~ s/\s/%20/g;
my $temp = $ftp->ls($file)

- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!