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Re: [PLUG] OT - Perl Question
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On Friday 21 June 2002 12:22 pm, you wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 09:42:55AM -0600, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > I am trying to call the following windows system command (copy)
> >
> > sub backup {
> > @args = ("copy", $_[0], $_[1]);
> > system(@args) == 0
> > or die "backup system @args failed: $?";
> > }
<snip>
Try double quotes around paths with spaces or use the "DOS" (short) name"
eg:
copy "\path with spaces\file 1 w spaces.ext" "\path with spaces\file 2.ext"
or use the "short" name
eg:
copy \pathwi~1\file1w~1 \pathwi~1\pathwi~1
NOTE: your short names may vary!
- -mike
mike.h@acm.org
mike.h@stemik.com
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