On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you to all who helped me get a 6 digit date into perl. I certainly
> heed warnings about not using outside system calls in perl however, I have
> to make an outside call again.
>
>
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> my $fileName = "081201 diskSpace.txt";
> my $fileLoc = "/Users/mini/diskSpaceLog/$fileName";
> system "(df -mg;) >$fileLoc &";
>
Your filename has a space in it, so "/Users/mini/diskSpaceLog/081201"
and "diskSpace.txt" are being interpreted as two separate terms.
You need to escape the space. And you need to escape it for both the
shell and Perl double-quote interpolation:
my $file = "081201\\ diskSpace.txt";
Alternatively, use single quotes in perl, and only escape it for the shell:
my $file = q/081201\ diskSpace.txt/;
Better yet, use an underscore instead of a space in the filename. Both
you and the shell will be happier.
HTH,
-- jay
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