* Lars Reinecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-09 12:10]: > How do I write e.g. a copy statement that needs parameters containing > space characters? When I am working with the prompt I can use quotation > marks, but here I need them to tell Unattended that it is one single > statement (otherwise Unattended would execute 'copy' without any > parameters and then the source file etc) > > I used to work around with constants like %ALLUSERSPROFILE% and > %PROGRAMFILES% and I also worked around when I had a file name > containing space characters by using the 8-character file name. But now > I have a subdirectory containing a space character...
I usually use \" with environment variables: todo.pl "\"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe\" x -o\"%ProgramFiles%\" %Z%\packages\dsfp\dsfp.exe" Does this fail for names with actual spaces in it? Maybe using \" twice would help? I believe todo.pl commands are processed like this: - command executes the todo.pl in a batch file, doesn't touch everything between quotes, but probably strips the outer quotes. - todo.pl expands escapes (eg. \") and passes the string to a new cmd instance - the new cmd instance executes it just like every other batch command. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If everything fails, you can always call a batch file which executes the command without todo.pl, eg: todo.pl ".ignore-err 3 dsfp-install.bat" dsfp-install.bat: cd "%ProgramFiles%\DirectShow FilterPack" [...] Alson ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
