I am using the CPAN module

  use  File::Basename;

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I am working with Ubuntu and using the Terminal application under gnome. The perl instruction I am using is 

 my $directname  = dirname($ARGV[0]);

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The actual command line varies but here is an example 

perl Get_SQL_Template_file_for_updating.pl  '/media/MR23M19P/MySQL Dat
+afiles/Dufferin Hi-Lands/ ' 26 DH M

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If I place the Space after the last slash before the single quote all is fine. If I do not, the dirname subroutine assumes that the directory is 

 /media/MR23M19P/MySQL Datafiles

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It assumes that the 

MySQL

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is a file name since it ends with a space and ignores the rest of the parameter, but does pick up the other parameters on the command line. Any Assistance will be greatly appreciated.

In reply to Re^2: Directory with space on command line by JNourse
in thread Directory with space on command line by JNourse

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