white spaces in directory name

[gsapl]

Hi Guys,

I am new to Perl and writing a script where I have to use 'Program files' directory, but the script (obviously) doesn't recognize the white space between 'program' and 'files'. Here's what I am doing:

system("c:\program files\ipswitch\ws_ftp progressional\ftpscrpt.com -f abc.scp");

What I am doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

Gsap

 

[KevinADC]

try single quotes instead of double-quotes. The backslashes are not being interpreted as file path delimiters but as escape characters so what you have is:

crogram filesipswitchws_ftp progressionalftpscrpt.com

or something close to that

run you program with warnings turned on:

use warnings;

better yet, use forward slashes in the path, Windows fully supports forward slashes:

c:/program files/ipswitch/ws_ftp progressional/ftpscrpt.com

that avoids the issue all together

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[ishnid]

but the script (obviously) doesn't recognize the white space between 'program' and 'files'

You're being presumptious. The spaces are largely irrelevant, it's the backslashes that are causing the problem.

One word of advice: if you think you know what's causing the problem in a given situation, try to set up another situation that's absolutely identical apart from that problem (i.e. try for another directory that doesn't contain spaces). Doing that will indicate that it's not the spaces that's the problem.

Another hint: Regardless of what OS you're running, perl will also accept a forward slash (/) as a directory separator. It's usually advisable to use that in all cases apart from presenting directory/file paths to users.

 

[KevinADC]

Don't try forward slashes in DOS though.



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