> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Watkiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Inline bug with spaces in paths
>
>
> The short answer is this: if you don't feel like upgrading,
> don't use spaces
> in paths. Here's a solution for you if you insist on not upgrading:
>
> use Win32;
> my $apache_dir = Win32::GetShortPathName('C:\Program
> Files\Apache');
> system("$apache_dir\\bin\\something.exe");
>
or easier:
system('"C:\Program Files\Apache\bin\something.exe"');
I don't think perl actually does a qw() on the path. It just doesn't quote
the path as needed for the OS. But I could be wrong about that. Nevertheless
the above quoting does the trick.
Thomas
