COPY TO with long dir names? 1

[thatguy]

Hey there folks--

i'm trying to do the following:

gcHomeDirectory = JUSTPATH(SYS(16,0))
SET DEFAULT TO (gcHomeDirectory)

gcAppName = GETFILE("EXE","","",0,"Select Application")
lcName = JUSTFNAME(gcAppName)

COPY FILE &gcAppName TO &lcName

this works fine unless the directory name contains a space(s) (like "C:\Program Files\...").. then i get a "command contains unrecognized command/keyword..." error.. i've also tried

COPY FILE "'"+&gcAppName+"'" TO "'"+&lcName+"'"

and inserting single quotes into gcappname directly, everything gives the same error.

where am i off? any thoughts?

thanks
--frank~

 

[Shardlow]

Hi Frank,

Try this:
gcHomeDirectory = JUSTPATH(SYS(16,0))
SET DEFAULT TO (gcHomeDirectory)

gcAppName = GETFILE("EXE","","",0,"Select Application")
lcName = JUSTFNAME(gcAppName)
gcAppName = "'" + gcAppName + "'"

COPY FILE &gcAppName TO &lcName


Goodluck,
Adrian.

 

[craigsboyd]

Forego the macro substitution and do the following:

COPY FILE (gcAppName) TO (lcName)

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[thatguy]

DOH!! i could've sworn that i tried that along the way.. guess not.. but it works.. thanks craig.

-- frank~