Date:         Thu, 2 May 2002 19:58:37 +0200
Reply-To:     Andreas Grueninger <grueninger@IBGRUENINGER.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Andreas Grueninger <grueninger@IBGRUENINGER.DE>
Organization: T-Online
Subject:      Re: X Command: blanks in directory?
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Use doubled double quotes
x "dir ""&path\&folder"" > ""&pgmpath\list.txt"" ";

"Ling Yun Chen" <lchen@ALGXMAIL.COM> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:200205021249560950.00AAA991@mailserver.algx.net...
> Hi all, I searched the archive but couldn't find anything on the topic.
> The question is the following:
>
> I need to execute the following command in SAS V6.12 under Windows:
>
> x "dir &path\&folder > &pgmpath\list.txt";
> However, both &path and &folder have blanks in them.  How can I rewrite
the
> X command so that DOS will understand me?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Ling
>
>
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