Space in file names: Problem with e.g. SysIsFileDirectory

[Maurice Batey]

Using ooRexx 4.0.1 on Linux, I've struck a problem with filenames containing
spaces,

E.g.
SysIsFileDirectory("/home/user/UKFSN list")
does not find the directory.

What method is used to get around that problem, please?
(Tried enclosing in single quotes)

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[Maurice Batey]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:53:14 +0000, I wrote:

> SysIsFileDirectory("/home/user/UKFSN list")
> does not find the directory.

Belay that! It does now...

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[LesK]

On 3/26/2013 2:31 PM, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:53:14 +0000, I wrote:
>
>> SysIsFileDirectory("/home/user/UKFSN list")
>> does not find the directory.
>
> Belay that! It does now...
>

Got gremlins in your system? :-)

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[Rony]

On 26.03.2013 19:54, LesK wrote:
> On 3/26/2013 2:31 PM, Maurice Batey wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:53:14 +0000, I wrote:
>>
>>> SysIsFileDirectory("/home/user/UKFSN list")
>>> does not find the directory.
>>
>> Belay that! It does now...
>>
> Got gremlins in your system? :-)
>

Try the ooRexx class named .File cf. (rexxref.pdf, chapter 5.4.23).

You would be able to do something like (untested):

file=.File~new("/home/user/UKFSN list") -- create a file object representing a physical file
say file~isDirectory -- is it a directory ?


Also, you might want to use that particular ooRexx class to get a listing of all files in a
directory using the list (returns an array of strings) or listFiles (returns an array of ooRexx file
objects).

---rony

[Maurice Batey]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:56:19 +0100, Rony wrote:

> file=.File~new("/home/user/UKFSN list") -- create a file object representing a physical file
> say file~isDirectory -- is it a directory ?

Similar construct fails as follows:

3 *-* file=.File~new("/home/user/.test/space in name") -- create a file object
representing a physical file
REX0097E: Error 97 running /home/user/rx/test line 3: Object method not found
REX0476E: Error 97.1: Object ".FILE" does not understand message "NEW"

("space in name" *is* a directory!)

[Rony]

Hi Maurice,

On 27.03.2013 19:22, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:56:19 +0100, Rony wrote:
>
>> file=.File~new("/home/user/UKFSN list") -- create a file object representing a physical file
>> say file~isDirectory -- is it a directory ?
>
> Similar construct fails as follows:
>
> 3 *-* file=.File~new("/home/user/.test/space in name") -- create a file object
> representing a physical file
> REX0097E: Error 97 running /home/user/rx/test line 3: Object method not found
> REX0476E: Error 97.1: Object ".FILE" does not understand message "NEW"
>
> ("space in name" *is* a directory!)
>

Hmm, it seems that you are using a version of ooRexx that does not have the File class implemented
according to the error message that you receive.

Not sure when the file class made it into ooRexx (I thought starting with 4.x), but ooRexx 4.1.2
(the latest version) does have it. (Just looked for a Linux box with the oldest installed ooRexx
which is at 4.1.1 and has the file class.)

Maybe you should really try to upgrade your ooRexx, if possible to the latest version.

Just try out the respective installation package from
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.1.2/>. If that does not work out, then you
can always try to build the latest version of ooRexx right on your box.

AFAIK there are quite a few Linux-savvy people on this list/group that can help you through (it is
rather easy, once one knows what is needed; e.g. you should have "autotools" installed as Uli
Zinngrebe mentioned, because then building and installing ooRexx becomes a breeze).


---rony

[Maurice Batey]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:22:04 +0000, I wrote:

> Similar construct fails as follows:

On the other hand:

say SysIsFileDirectory("/home/mab/.test/space in name")

returns True.

[Maurice Batey]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:01:58 +0100, Rony wrote:

> Just try out the respective installation package from
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.1.2/>.

OK , thanks, Rony - will do in the morning...

[Maurice Batey]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:01:58 +0100, Rony wrote:

> Just try out the respective installation package from
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.1.2/

There isn't a 'respective installation' package there for Mageia
(which is RPM based, like Mandriva qnd PCLinuxOS).

I tried ooRexx-4.1.0-fedora13.i686.rpm, but it failed to install.

So i'm back to 4.0.1, I'm afraid, but it does all I need of it.

> ...you should have "autotools" installed

No sign of availabilty of that in Mageia-2.

[Shmuel Metz]

In <pan.2013.03.26....@nomail.afraid.org>, on 03/26/2013

at 05:53 PM, Maurice Batey <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> said:

>Using ooRexx 4.0.1 on Linux, I've struck a problem with filenames
>containing spaces,

>E.g.
> SysIsFileDirectory("/home/user/UKFSN list")
>does not find the directory.

What about SysIsFileDirectory('"/home/user/UKFSN list"')?

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[Swifty]

On 28/03/2013 11:58, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> What about SysIsFileDirectory('"/home/user/UKFSN list"')?

I'll admit that syntax was my first thought, but if it works, it's at
odds with all of the other interfaces I've come across which accept a
file/directory name as an argument.

stream() for example.

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[LesK]

Just a test