"Breedlove, Robert" wrote:
> 
> Try "file\ name.html".
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:32 PM
> To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List
> Subject: Redirect
> 
> I'm trying to redirect to a file with a name with spaces in it, ie "file
> name.html", and it keeps trying to send me to "file", cutting off everything
> after the first space.  For various reasons, I can't use the 8.3 filename
> format (mostly portability).  Could anyone help me out?
> Thanks,
>     Dave Lewis

Spaces per se are not valid in internet addresses. You have to URL
encode them by using %20 in place of the space. Or better yet, replace
the space with an underscore or a dash in the file name itself to avoid
the problem altogether.

Cameron

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Cameron Dorey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
Phone: 501-450-5938
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