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 > -- Norman Gaywood, Computer Systems Officer School of Science and Technology University of New England Armidale NSW 2351, Australia ngayw...@une.edu.au http://turing.une.edu.au/~ngaywood Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 Mobile: +61 (0)4 7862 0062 Please avoid sending me Word or Power Point attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html