Use a variable in an export path

[Bruce Easton]

Hi Josh,

1.  Did you declare dummy field "nm"?  If not you need to declare it.  I 
just tested the code I posted on 5.0.14, and it did not error when "nm" 
was declared, for instance, as (100,*).

2.  What version of filepro are you testing with?

Also - your replies to the forum (subject) make it look as though you're 
starting a new topic each time.

Bruce


On 4/20/15 3:35 PM, Josh Reader wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
>
>
> Yes nm is a filePro dummy field and it will have a space because it will
> have a first name, a space, and then a last name.  I tried both of your
> suggestions below but I cannot save the output processing as I get an error
> about the syntax.
>
>
>
> Here is what I tried and the error I received when checking the syntax on
> save:
>
>
>
> Suggestion 1
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/\""{nm{"\"/filepro/export.txt"
>
>
>
> Result:
>
> *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
>
>
>
> Line Number: 36
>
>
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/\""{nm{"\"/filepro/export.txt"
>
>                                                                          ^
>
> Process contains a syntax error at position indicated.
>
>
>
>
>
> Suggestion 2
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/'"{nm{"'/filepro/export.txt"
>
>
>
> Result:
>
> *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
>
>
>
> Line Number: 36
>
>
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/'"{nm{"'/filepro/export.txt"
>
>                                                                       ^
>
> Process contains a syntax error at position indicated.
>
>
>
> When using the system command in filePro (which passes things off to the
> Linux command line) I believe this syntax would work perfectly but since
> it's being used with the export command does that require a different
> syntax?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your assistance,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm assuming that "nm" is a filepro dummy field.  Base on that you
>
> simply need:
>
>
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/"{nm{"/filepro/export.txt"
>
>
>
> However, since you mention "nm" have values representing names, I'll also
> assume that your "name" directory names may have spaces in them.  If that's
> true, then you'll need quotes around what may have spaces, and since it
> would be in this string, you would need to backslash those double-quotes
> (for filePro interpretation):
>
>
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/\""{nm{"\"/filepro/export.txt"
>
>
>
> I'm not sure this works across all *nix, but using single quotes (instead
> of backslashed doubles) also worked for me on one unix box:
>
>
>
> fn="/appl/user_exports/users/'"{nm{"'/filepro/export.txt"
>
>
>
> But you definitely need double quotes up against the braces surrounding the
> dummy field for filepro to understand how to  concatenate the string.
>
>
>
> Bruce
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