I don't have a windows system to test, but in all the examples shown I did
not see:
qqx{ C:/Windows/System32/fsutil.exe usn readdata "$FileName" };
which is how I would have expected to write the command.
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 09:49, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> > *From:* ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6-users@perl.org>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 25, 2020 11:12 AM
> > *To:* perl6-users@perl.org <perl6-users@perl.org>
> > *Subject:* Re: qqx with quotes
> >>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 4:01 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> >>> <perl6-users@perl.org <mailto:perl6-users@perl.org>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> Windows 7
> >>>
> >>> In the following
> >>>
> >>> @Result = qqx { C:/Windows/System32/fsutil.exe usn readdata
> >>> \"$FileName\" }.lines;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> $FileName needs to be in quotes as it can have
> >>> spaces in it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The following did not work:
> >>>
> >>> \"$FileName\"
> >>> "$FileName\
> >>> $FileName
> >>>
> >>> What am I doing wrong, this time?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks,
> >>> -T
>
>
> On 2020-02-26 14:16, Andy Bach wrote:
> > @Result = qqx { C:/Windows/System32/fsutil.exe usn
> > readdata \"$FileName\" }.lines;
> >
> > Doesn't windows do something special for files with spaces in them? Hm,
> > $ type "hi mom" > "test 1"
> > $ dir test<F8>
> > $ dir "test 1"
> >
> > but, you're right, I couldn't find a combination of dbl, single, q, qq,
> > qqx, qx that'd let me run
> > dir "test 1"
> > via qqx or qx - windows is funny that way, I guess.
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> Thank you for the confirmation! For once, it wasn't me.
> I wonder if this is a bug in Raku?
>
> I will try the Shell command. No need for
> quotes in that.
>
> -T
>
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