in reply to Re^6: Issues with dir names containing spaces-
in thread Issues with dir names containing spaces-

No. If include the scalar file name with the quotes ('"$fileName"') then it will not recognize it as a variable and will use the name literally.
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Re^8: Issues with dir names containing spaces-
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 23, 2009 at 16:54 UTC

    Then don't do that. The quote still needs to be at the end of the arg.

    Wrong: "C:\Documents and Settings\my.name\My Documents\My Company\QA\"TestingWorksheet_07232009.xlsx
    Right: "C:\Documents and Settings\my.name\My Documents\My Company\QA\TestingWorksheet_07232009.xlsx"

    Are you saying you don't know how to build the latter string? By the way, why didn't use the multi-arg system call I suggested?

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      If I quote it in such a way ("") then it will not recognize spaces within dir names... we've already been down that path.
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        You keep talking about the quotes in the source. I'm talking about the string your code needs to build/produce/generate. I'm leaving it to you to figure how to do so.
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