On Friday 15 April 2005 12:18 am, John W. Krahn wrote: > >>datefile.pl c:\program files\IBM\SQLLIB\DB2\db2diag.log > > > > You could paste the two arguments together in perl, add > > a space between them, and use that as the filename. > > What if there are two or more spaces? A TAB character?
Then it would totally mess up. I was trying to say you could do a complex thing, but it's better to just quote the argument and not face the problem in the first place. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
