Which leads to the obvious rule: NEVER leave a space in a name, whether a file name or a variable name. Java (and other languages) just don't like it. Especially in a CLASSPATH.
SDG jco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > There's an essay by Eric S. Raymond entitled "How to ask questions the > smart way" which I'd refer you to, but unfortunately the site seems to > be down at the moment. > > In any case, this would have been easier if you showed us what you > tried and what happened, rather than saying "it simply doesn't work." > I am forced, therefore, to guess. > > Anyway, it's just like programming in many other languages; strings > are in double quotes, and backslashes, which have special meaning, > should be doubled. So did you try > > (batch "C:\\Wherever\\my test.clp") > > That should work fine. If you've neglected to double the backslashes, > or neglected to enclose the path in double quotes, then you'll indeed > get a "file not found" error. If the file is in the current directory, > you can dispense with the full path, and just write > > (batch "my test.clp") > > Anyway, if you think you're doing the right thing but the wrong thing > is happening in response, then please show use precisely what you did > and what happened. > > I think Y.Lei wrote: > [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > > Dear all, > > > > I am new to Jess. Now I am using it in my application. This is a very na_ve > > question. How can I access the file which has space characters in its name? > > I have read the batch function carefully. It says that we can just use > > double quote to enclose the space character. But it simply doesn't work. > > Maybe I misunderstood the meaning. For example, my file name is "my > > test.clp", how can I let the jess recognize the file name? > > > > Thanks > > > > yuangui > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Ernest Friedman-Hill > Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 > Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 > PO Box 969, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Livermore, CA 94550 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SDG jco --------------------------------- James C. Owen Senior KE Knowledgebased Systems Corporation 6314 Kelly Circle Garland, TX 75044 972.530.2895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
