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stallingOne
stallingOne

Reputation: 4006

How to use folders with spaces in SAS x "copy ..."?

In SAS I need to copy file from a place to another but that file is located in a folder with spaces which poses problems.

Here is what I want to do:

x "copy \\aaa\b c d\eee.pdf \\fff\ggg.pdf";

because of the spaces between b c and d it doesn't work.

I know I can do

x 'copy \\aaa\"b c d"\eee.pdf \\fff\ggg.pdf';

But the name of my files will use macro variables thus I need the double quotes around the copy statement.

Is there a way to escape doubles quotes in the copy statement? something like this for example (except % are not working)

x "copy \\aaa\%"b c d%"\eee.pdf \\fff\ggg.pdf";

EDIT
I also tried cats:

x cats("copy \\aaa\",'"b c d"',"\eee.pdf \\fff\ggg.pdf");

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1569

Answers (3)

user667489
user667489

Reputation: 9569

Double up your quotes!

x "copy ""\\aaa\b c d\eee.pdf"" \\fff\ggg.pdf";

Upvotes: 2

Tom
Tom

Reputation: 51581

Use the QUOTE() function. It will properly double the internal quotes in the string that you are trying to quote.

x %sysfunc(quote(copy "\\aaa\b c d\eee.pdf" "\\fff\ggg.pdf"));

Upvotes: 1

Therkel
Therkel

Reputation: 1438

Replace x with %sysexec and you won't need the quotes. 

%sysexec copy "\\aaa\b c d\eee.pdf" "\\fff\ggg.pdf";

Upvotes: 3

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