Short Names/Dos Names/8.3

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Stu,

get shell("attrib -r" && quote & "C:\Program Files\Science Suite\*.*" & 
quote && "/S /D")

should work. A space or ampersand char* in the path requires the path to 
be in quotes...


On 13/02/2004 04:31:15 PM use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>get shell("attrib -r C:\Program Files\Science Suite\*.* /S /D") doesn't
>work.
>get shell("attrib -r C:\Progra~1\Scienc~1\*.* /S /D") does work
>
>I presume that it is the long file names (with spaces) that are the 
problem.
>In my program the path is actually a variable. How do I get the short 
names
>for Windows paths from within Rev?
>
>Stu
>
>
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