Host('Dir <dirname> >files.txt\') Outputs Blank files.txt File if Dir Name has White Space (Doc ID 284248.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 09, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

 Running the following command from forms:

HOST ('dir /a-d/b ' ||: directory || '> c:\files.txt', NO_SCREEN);

outputs a blank files.txt file if the directory name contains white space.

For example, the following command reproduces the problem:

HOST('DIR/A-D/B C:\ARCHIVO OF PROGRAMS> C:\files.txt', NO_SCREEN).

Cause