Spaces in folder names on server

[J. Landman Gay]

Dave Cragg wrote:
> Jacque
> 
> Is this worth trying.
> 
> put the defaultFolder into tSavedDef
> put "/home/folder1/folder 2" into tNewDef
> set the defaultFolder to tNewDef
> if tNewDef = the defaultFolder then
>   ## there is a folder
> else
>  ## there isn't a folder
> end if
> set the defaultFolder to tSavedDef
> 
> This kind of mirrors what you have to do on an FTP server to get a 
> listing of a folder whose name contains spaces. I was wondering if the 
> file system on your server behaves in a similar fashion, and will let 
> you set the defaultFolder to a name with a space, but not work with 
> "there is".

Well, I didn't try it because I just discovered something else. Probably 
what's wrong is that I don't understand the file system on the server. 
I'm working with a setup very much like the one you described on your 
sever. In other words, there's a path like this:

</httpd/vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi>

If I query any folder within the domain name, it exists (regardless of 
spaces). But the one I need is outside the domain, like this:

</folder1/other folder/>

where "folder1" is at the same level as the "httpd" folder in the first 
example above. Even this folder exists unless it has spaces, though.

At least, I think that's what's going on. I've tried so many things now 
I'm getting confused.


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