oh yep, and as klaus says, if theres a space somewhere in the path, you'll need to force quotes around it, or use shortfilepath() to obviate the need.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Klaus major-k <kl...@major-k.de> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > did you try with QUOTES? > > > Am 16.04.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Ray <r...@linkit.com>: > > > > Klaus - thanks for the idea. Just to check my method of concatenation, > the exact command I'm using is: > > get shell("attrib -HSA "&desktopIniPath&"") -- where > desktopIniPath is the path to the file > > get shell("attrib -HSA "& QUOTE & desktopIniPath & QUOTE) > > > It doesn't work and I see no change in the file's Attributes, Type or > Size. Livecode returns nothing in the result. > > ... > > Best > > Klaus > > -- > Klaus Major > http://www.major-k.de > kl...@major-k.de > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode