Right, I found on a google search that single quotes are safer than double quotes.
-- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jan 12, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Klaus major-k <kl...@major-k.de> wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >>> Am 12.01.2016 um 16:50 schrieb Peter M. Brigham <pmb...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> mdls doesn't like spaces in the file path. What do I do to escape spaces >> here? >> >> Just QUOTE it: >> … >> put shell( "mdls" && QUOTE & tFilepath & QUOTE) into tFileInfo >> > > using double quotes can cause variable substitution in the shell. Instead, > > put shell( "mdld '" & tFilepath "'") into tFileInfo > > > will dom it without risking any substitution. > > And backticks (`) will cause anything inside them to be evaluated as a > command > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > 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
