Thanks Dennis, your suggestion works perfectly Daniele ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis McGrath To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 1:58 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Directory name with space
Try using SET VAR vALPHA = 'C: \ ALPHA BETA' DIR .vALPHA I use dotted variables for all my file access commands now. Dennis McGrath [email protected] [email protected] On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Daniele Barbieri <[email protected]> wrote: Hello I have a directory called "ALPHA BETA" (note the space character between ALPFA and BETA ). The command DIR C: \ ALPHA BETA signals "Syntax is incorrect for the command DIR (2045)." Then I do the command: SET VAR vALPHA = 'DIR C: \ ALPHA BETA' &vALPHA but I have the same error message. How can I do? TIA Daniele Barbieri B.M.B. Informatica

