Why am I getting an error here?

[Nancy Palmquist]

Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting GCC Consulting (Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:26 -0500):
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: filepro-list-
>>> bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-
>>> list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Walter Vaughan
> [...]
>>> Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is the line:
>>>>
>>>> ac(100,*)="!PDF /f\\server\data\fpro\temp\"&flname{".pdf"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Because you are escaping the quote after temp with the \, so you are
>>> getting three quotes instead of 4
>> You can replace the windows \ (backslash) with a normal slash /.
>>
>> ac(100,*)="!PDF /f\\server/data/fpro/temp/"&flname{".pdf"
>>
>> This will be read properly by the windows os.
> 
> It depends on what he's going to do with that value.  While Windows and
> MS-DOS have always[*] accepted either slash at the kernel/API level, there
> are programs that require backslashes in pathnames passed to the in order
> for that program to parse the command line properly.
> 
> For example, while my copy of "cat" happily accepts either slash, the
> command shell itself (either command.com or cmd.exe) will not allow me
> to use forward slashes for "type".
> 
> However, if it requires backslashes, simply put a space between the
> backslash and close quote, and use "{" to squeeze it back out:
> 
>      ac(100,*) = "!PDF /f\\server\data\fpro\temp\ " { flname { ".pdf"
> 
> 
> 
> [*] Yes, "always".
>      <mode type="pedant">
>      Well, "always" as in "ever since MS-DOS addedsubdirectories way back in
>      version 2.0".  Since MS-DOS 1.0 didn't have subdirectories, it doesn't
>      count for this discussion.
>      </mode>
> 
Just one more option here.

I always put the strings with forward slashes so I can display them if I need to 
in filepro and they will read correctly.

ac(100,*)="!PDF /f //server/data/fpro/temp/"&flname{".pdf"

Then use xlate to flip them when you need it for WINDOWS:

xlate(ac,"/",chr("92"))

This allows me to program for WINDOWS and UNIX in the same processing and just 
flip the slashes for the DOS commands.

Since no one suggested this I wanted to add it to the options for this type of item.

Nancy

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