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Grogster

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Posted: 09:36pm 04 Jan 2013
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Hello everyone.


I find that from MMBASIC version 4.1, the nice feature of not needing the quotes on filenames etc in the command prompt is great, but there are some exceptions where this simply does not work.

Using the set of files in the library, I can select any directory that does not have anything OTHER then standard letters, such as MAXMAN without quotes, but I cannot with any directory that has anything different.

For example:

chdir maxman works fine, but chdir analog~1 does not.
If I put the latter in quotes then it DOES work: chdir "analog~1"

Is this known about?Edited by Grogster 2013-01-06
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TassyJim

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Posted: 10:47pm 04 Jan 2013
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From the help file:

  Quote  Whenever specified a file name can be a string constant (ie, enclosed in double quotes) or a string variable.
This means you must use double quotes if you are directly specifying a file name. Eg, KILL "TEST.BAS".
However, quote marks are optional if the command is used at the command prompt. Note that symbols (such
as +, -, *) and valid keywords in an unquoted file name will cause an error. Quotes are always required if the
command is used within a program.


Jim
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Grogster

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Posted: 10:58pm 04 Jan 2013
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AHH - OK.

Thanks.
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