Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:30:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Peter <crawfordsoftware@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Peter <crawfordsoftware@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Pipe when file location has spaces
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On 28 Jan, 13:36, Paige Miller <paige.mil...@kodak.com> wrote:
> I have been using pipes to read the list of files in a Windows folder
> on a server.
>
> for example
>
> libname mydir pipe "\\server\share\foldername";
> data dirlist;
>     infile mydir pad missover;
> ...
> run;
>
> was successful at reading the contents of the folder.
>
> Now, the server admin has changed the share name to a share that has a
> space in the name.
>
> No longer does the pipe work, and I can't figure out what to change to
> make the pipe work when there is a space in the share name. Help!

Hi Paige

have you tried embedding the path in double quotes for the server, and
single-quoting that for the libname statement, like
libname mydir pipe '"\\server\share\foldername"';


PeterC