system command to copy a file to a path with a space in it

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Note that if you ever needed to use, say, and environment variable in the
target (e.g., /reports/$LOGNAME.pdf), you want -double quotes- around the
target, not single quotes, as double quotes would allow interpolation,
while single-quotes prevent it.

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:36:27AM -0400, Josh Reader thus spoke:
> Thanks to all who replied!  Either of the following methods worked
> perfectly:
> 
> 
> 
> Option 1
> 
> -----------
> 
> cm = "/bin/cp /reports/state.pdf \"/reports/Josh Reader/josh.pdf\""
> 
> system cm
> 
> 
> 
> Option 2
> 
> ----------
> 
> system "/bin/cp /reports/state.pdf '/reports/Josh Reader/josh.pdf'"
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