Re^3: System command clips off last part of local url when folder name has a space in it

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"];
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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]