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Double space in filenames get swiped #9499 03/02/03 09:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 3 N Neighbour OP Self-satisified door
OP Neighbour Self-satisified door N Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 3	When sending a filename using dcc, mirc automatically removes any subsequential spaces and thus failes to send the file. example : /dcc send nickname "c:\2 spaces right here.txt" mirc then replies with the error that it can't find the file "c:\2 spaces right here.txt" (note the missing extra space between right & here

Re: Double space in filenames get swiped #9500 04/02/03 12:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 774 T theRat Hoopy frood
theRat Hoopy frood T Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 774	Sad but true, mIRC has this thing with spaces... Code: //if ( khaled isgod ) echo yes \| else echo no

Re: Double space in filenames get swiped #9501 05/02/03 10:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 94 K krunch Babel fish
krunch Babel fish K Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 94	yeah either rename the dir or try using $shortfn(c:\there are 2 spaces here.txt) Lets get dirty

Re: Double space in filenames get swiped #9502 09/02/03 12:11 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 18 Sydney Australia P PeteM Pikka bird
PeteM Pikka bird P Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 18 Sydney Australia	have you tried capturing the raw ctcp data sent to initiate the dcc send? save and rename the file once it is completed? just an idea..

Re: Double space in filenames get swiped #9503 11/02/03 06:27 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 42 G GregMo Ameglian cow
GregMo Ameglian cow G Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	Yeah, it's the infamous "mIRC can't deal with double spaces" issue. I for one sure wish Khaled would give us a means to escape spaces and other special characters like most all other script languages do. /set %spaces This Var Has a\ \ double escaped space in it and a \% special character to boot. Cheers, GregMo

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