Re: file_exists and file name in quotes
- Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Dec 31, 2010
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clk824 said...
I have file name with spaces inside and it is enclosed in quotes. This is standard rule. file_exists return false with this quotes, but without quotes system_exec not work. Seems to be bug in file_exists?
eu4, windows
Are you saying you are trying something like this ...
sequence filename filename = "\"My File With Spaces.txt\"" if file_exists(filename) then system_exec("somecmd " & filename)
And file_exists() always reports the file as missing?
If so, I think that this is not a bug. There are many library routines that take a file name as a parameter, and none of them (as far as I can remember) strip off enclosing quotes.
Note that the system_exec() routine does not take a file name as a parameter, instead it takes a command line as a parameter and it is the command line that needs quoted files.
May I suggest that you code more like this instead ...
sequence filename filename = "My File With Spaces.txt" if file_exists(filename) then system_exec(sprintf(`somecmd "%s"`, {filename}))
