--i've tried that, but, this is the results from that: [snip]
/i/Depression Management/Mailing/test/03 /i/Depression Management/Mailing/test/04 /i/Depression Management/Mailing/test/05 /i/Depression Management/Mailing/test/06 ls: /i/Depression: No such file or directory *** this is breaking *** ls: Management/Mailing/Dec2002/0*/*: No such file or directory ***this is breaking *** [/snip] -----Original Message----- From: Kipp, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > The problem is, the first step is to create a sub-directory > in a path that have spaces in the names. > > I thought I fixed it, but, it seems that the script > fails one way or the other (building the sub-directory > or the creation of the files). > > Can someone tell me why this is not working? > > [snip script] > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > #use strict; > use diagnostics; > > # created on 10 Dec 02 > > > ** errors here? ** > > # where should the ISO images go? > my $dest='/i/"Depression Management"/Mailing/test_dir'; try: my $dest= "/i/Depression Management/Mailing/test_dir"; > > ** errors here, too? ** > > # Where is data coming from? > my $source='/i/"Depression Management"/Mailing/Dec2002'; and my $source= "/i/Depression Management/Mailing/Dec2002";