brakets aloud in a file name or path?

[fatima.issawi]

Hello,

Are brakets () allowed in a file path?

eg.

Passing:

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_2_123\tst.ps works but

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_(2)_123\tst.ps does not.

Is there any reason why it wouldn't?
Thanks,
F

 

[Earl Purple]

Hello,

Are brakets () allowed in a file path?

eg.

Passing:

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_2_123\tst.ps works but

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_(2)_123\tst.ps does not.

Is there any reason why it wouldn't?
Thanks,
F

surprised the first one works. It's not the brackets I see as the
problem but that \t sequence which is interpreted by C++ as a tab
character.

Use / instead of \. You can use \\ but / is recommended.

 

[fatima.issawi]

Hi Earl,

Tried to change it. The slashes are not the problem. Any other ideas?

Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Bill Medland]

Hello,

Are brakets () allowed in a file path?

On Windows it would appear so.

eg.

Passing:

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_2_123\tst.ps works but

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_(2)_123\tst.ps does not.

Is there any reason why it wouldn't?
Thanks,
F

Because the first exists and the second doesn't? They are two different
file names.

 

[Salt_Peter]

Hi Earl,

Tried to change it. The slashes are not the problem. Any other ideas?

In what are you storing the filename?
what are you doing with the filename?
what do you mean by "it doesn't work"?

 

[Jim Langston]

Hello,

Are brakets () allowed in a file path?

eg.

Passing:

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_2_123\tst.ps works but

Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_(2)_123\tst.ps does not.

Is there any reason why it wouldn't?
Thanks,
F

It shoudl work. std::cout << whatever you have
"Y:\trak\pdf\98-00_(2)_123\tst.ps" stored in and make sure that's what it
actually is.

 

[fatima.issawi]

I found the problem: One of the programs I use called a vb shell. The
brakets were causing the problem there.

Thanks for all your help.