Re: executing file names with spaces

Dear Alberto,

Yes, it works without space. I know what you mean very well. However,
there are uses for programs with spaces. Otherwise, spaces would be
disallowed.

There is a right click menu where one may insert an option
"Convert to WebM Format" and the option itself is just a symlink to
the program. It makes more sense to have descriptive option, than a
small file.

While for an individual something like video2webm is good enough, for
people working on computers, they need it more descriptive. In my case
I have staff members who need to use it.

I am using ROX file manager, that allows such customizations on the
right click.

It is yet a problem in CLISP if it really does not recognize it's
filename, but I cannot post a bug, as Sourceforge is not allowing me.

Jean

On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 01:08:38PM -0500, Alberto Riva wrote:
> On 01/06/2017 06:44 AM, Jean Louis wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have made a small script video2webm.cl and then a symlink "Convert
> > to WebM" that should be used to run it. I am using the first line
> > #!/usr/bin/clisp
> > 
> > However, there is an error:
> > 
> > admin-> "./Convert to WebM Format"
> > *** - LOAD: A file with name Convert does not exist
> > 
> > I guess that CLISP is searching for (first *args*), and taking the
> > first word as being the name of file. Instead, it should recognize the
> > full name of the file, and put it into the (first *args*) correctly,
> > even if it includes spaces.
> 
> Does it work if you remove the spaces?
> 
> Personally, I think spaces in filenames are a pretty bad idea, and spaces in
> program names are an *especially* bad idea...
> 
> Alberto
> 
> 

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