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/dcc get <folder> --- why doesn't this work? #44379 27/08/03 03:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 14 M MrZebra OP Pikka bird
OP MrZebra Pikka bird M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 14	Ok, so I scripted a very basic thing, here goes : ctcp :dcc send:*:{ mkdir $getdir $+ $nick $+ $time \| dcc get $nick $+ $time } now the problem is, on the get screen that pops up to show you the progress of the get...it SAYS its saving to the right folder, the new one i just created. And the folder is created and is there... BUT MIRC still saves the file to the basic $getdir ... any ideas why mirc is doing this? how to stop it? Z

Re: /dcc get <folder> --- why doesn't this work? #44380 27/08/03 06:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA L LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood
LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood L Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA	This line works for me: Code: ctcp :dcc send:*:{ [color:green] ; I use $ctime and not $time.[/color] [color:green] ; Using $ctime has many advantages in what may come later on.[/color] mkdir $+(",$getdir,$nick,$ctime,") dcc get $+(",$getdir,$nick,$ctime,") } possible reasons: 1. mIRC didn't like spaces in your target path 2. : is not a valid character in a directoryname, so make sure you don't have them in your $time output DALnet #Helpdesk I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius

Re: /dcc get <folder> --- why doesn't this work? #44381 27/08/03 07:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 14 M MrZebra OP Pikka bird
OP MrZebra Pikka bird M Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 14	Locutus, thanks for the post. Yeah I apparently had spaces in my target path, but when I removed the spaces, it worked great. d'oh! Thanks again. Z

Re: /dcc get <folder> --- why doesn't this work? #44382 11/12/05 07:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 15 Z ZeBoxx Pikka bird
ZeBoxx Pikka bird Z Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 15	Quote: 1. mIRC didn't like spaces in your target path Although it doesn't appear to have any problems with a space in the path: Code: mkdir "c:\hello world" Multiple spaces get collapsed to 1: Code: mkdir "c:\hello world" results in the folder "hello world" being created. Does anybody have any ideas on how to get around this one ? __________ ZeBoxx ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

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