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Hi,
my application reads several paths from a configruation file.
Some of these paths pointing to an executable which are to start
with an input file. Example: Adobe Reader with a pdf-file.

The executables are stored in c:\Program Files\...

When I try to execute the following, Perl is obvioulsy not able
to handle the spaces within the path information correctly and
aborts with
'c:/Programm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file

Does anyone know a solution or could help me?


perl-code:

use Config::Simple;

Initiale('cfgfile.ini');

################################################
sub Initialize {
################################################
my $cfgfile = shift;
my $cfg;

$cfg = new Config::Simple($cfgfile) or Error(20,[$cfg->error]);

# read path section

$p2adobe = $cfg->param("path.adobe");
$p2pdf = $cfg->param("path.pdf");


exec( $p2adobe.' '.$p2pdf.'test.pdf' );

} # Initialize



cfgfile.ini:


[path]
adobe = 'c:/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 7.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe';
pdf = 'e:/PDF/';

Michael wrote:
> my application reads several paths from a configruation file.
> Some of these paths pointing to an executable which are to start
> with an input file. Example: Adobe Reader with a pdf-file.
>
> The executables are stored in c:\Program Files\...
>
> When I try to execute the following, Perl is obvioulsy not able
> to handle the spaces within the path information correctly and
> aborts with
> 'c:/Programm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file

It's not Perl that can't handle it. It's your shell. Try typing that
path exactly on the command line, see what happens.

> Does anyone know a solution or could help me?

This question has come up about three different times in the last
month. Please search the archives.

Short answer: Quote your path, escape the spaces, or use the multi-arg
form of exec/system to avoid the shell altogether.
system(q{ "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader.exe" file.pdf } );
or
system(q{C:\Program\ Files\Adobe\Reader.exe file.pdf});
or
system(q{C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader.exe}, q{file.pdf});

Paul Lalli