Re: Win32: Using system cmd to invoke batch file

[robert Macy]

In my batch files I had to use the form DOS likes to print
when typing "dir"

for example,  
   long filename

became
   long~1

even the cd command required that form to refer to long
directory names.

             - Robert -


On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:55:16 +1000
 Stephen Simpson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction
> with the system command.
> 
> I want to invoke a batch file using the system command.
>  The batch file takes a couple of filename parameters.  I
> wan' to use long-filenames (with embedded spaces) instead
> of the archaic DOS shortname convention.  How do I do it?
> 
> I've tried the following unsuccessfully:
> 
> system("BatchFile LongFileNameWithSpaces_1
> LongFileNameWithSpaces_2")
> system("BatchFile "LongFileNameWithSpaces_1"
> "LongFileNameWithSpaces_2"")
> system("BatchFile ""LongFileNameWithSpaces_1""
> ""LongFileNameWithSpaces_2""")
> system("BatchFile """LongFileNameWithSpaces_1"""
> """LongFileNameWithSpaces_2"""")
> system("BatchFile 'LongFileNameWithSpaces_1'
> 'LongFileNameWithSpaces_2'")
> 
> Is there some kind of quote character etc that I can use
> to delimit these filenames with embedded spaces or am i
> going to have to resort to other methods?  Should I be
> using unix style path delimeters?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
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