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From: DrBob@cup.portal.com (Robert A Rethemeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Parsing filenames with blanks inside Rexx
Message-ID: <37686@cup.portal.com>
Date: 7 Jan 91 10:00:00 GMT
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Joe Smith writes...

> I'm having problem handling filenames that contain embedded blanks.
> Other than modifying the showdir() function to put some sort of quotes
> around these filenames, I don't see how files like this can be processed.
>
> Is there something I'm missing?  Or is this an unsolvable problem?

I believe Bill Hawes has already solved this one for you.
The following is taken from the Update.doc file on the
ARexx v1.10 update disk:

   SHOWDIR()
   Usage: SHOWDIR(directory,['All' | 'File' | 'Dir'],[separator])
   The SHOWDIR() function now accepts a separator character as the third
   argument.  Any character, including a null, can be used as a separator,
   so this provides a convenient way to separate filenames with a character
   that can't be used in the filename.
   Examples:
   say showdir('df1:c')         ==> ts tcc rxc tco hi rxset rx rxlib te
   say showdir('df1:c',,';')    ==> ts;tcc;rxc;tco;hi;rxset;rx;rxlib;te

> Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.co
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