Re^2: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it

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Re^3: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 16, 2004 at 19:21 UTC
I'm not sure if this means you haven't solved your problem yet or not. In case it does, this works for me regardless of where the url comes from: Update: Corrected typo: `s[start][system].` `my $urlWithSpaces = 'C:/Code/Perl/Phi Kap/temp.html'; system qq["$url"];` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it (start?) by tye (Sage) on Aug 16, 2004 at 19:47 UTC
`my $urlWithSpaces = 'C:/Code/Perl/Phi Kap/temp.html'; start qq["$url"];` [download] Where are you getting the bareword 'start' to do something? You also are using two difference variable names. I just get `syntax error at - line 2, near "start qq["$url"]"` [download] Perhaps you meant: `my $url = 'C:/Code/Perl/Phi Kap/temp.html'; system( qq[start "Title" "$url"] );` [download] (Note the inclusion of `"Title"` to tell `start` that $url isn't a window title desptie it being inside of double quotes.) Or perhaps you left off some incantation that makes the code you wrote work? (Updated) - tye	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it (start?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 16, 2004 at 20:30 UTC
Typo corrected. It was not my intention to use the start command at all. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Aug 17, 2004 at 05:21 UTC
Thank you BrowserUk, that does indeed work. Davido's suggestion in this node merely opened a window with a command prompt on my system, but wouldn't start the browser. I thought there should be some way to take advantage of windows auto loading programs based on their extentions. Thanks again! Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.	[reply]