Spaces in Path(s) Throwing Errors

[bashibashouks]

I have the following script:

file-report layout:side-by-side options:display-mismatches,line-numbers &
title:%3 &
output-to:%4 &
output-options:wrap-word,html-color %1 %2

I execute this code using the command below:

"C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 3\BCompare.exe" "@C:\SQL Queries\BC_AutoScript_02012011.txt" C:\BCompare\File1.csv C:\BCompare\File2.csv WHAT_A_SURPRISE "C:\SQL Queries\Report.html"

However, I get an error. The log is below:

2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> #log verbose "C:\SQL Queries\Log_Test.txt"
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> file-report layout:side-by-side options:display-mismatches,line-numbers &
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> title:WHAT_A_SURPRISE &
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> output-to:C:\SQL Queries\Report.html &
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> output-options:wrap-word,html-color &
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM >> C:\BCompare\File1.csv C:\BCompare\File2.csv
2/1/2011 2:52:41 PM Fatal Scripting Error: Unexpected argument(s) "Queries\Report.html"
2/1/2011 2:52:42 PM Script completed in 1.53 seconds

If I point the output destination to C:\SQL_Queries\Report.html, it works. So, how do I escape the space when passing the path in as a command line argument?

Thanks

Bashibashouks

[Aaron]

Hello,

You will need to place quotes around your %4 variable in your script:
output-to:"%4" &

to handle the whitespace in the filepath. How does that work for you?

[bashibashouks]

That works most excellently. Thanks much.

[Divya Dharani]

Hello,

You will need to place quotes around your %4 variable in your script:
output-to:"%4" &

to handle the whitespace in the filepath. How does that work for you?

8/10/2018 12:03:39 PM >> file-report layout:side-by-side &
8/10/2018 12:03:39 PM >> options:ignore-unimportant &
8/10/2018 12:03:39 PM >> title:"Comparison Report" &
8/10/2018 12:03:39 PM >> output-to:"C:\Users\user_name\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\folder\filename.html" output-options:html-custom="C:\Users\user_name\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\folder\MyStyle.css" "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\file1.txt" "C:\Users\user_name\Documents\file2.txt"
8/10/2018 12:03:40 PM Fatal Scripting Error: Unexpected argument(s) "Studio"
8/10/2018 12:03:42 PM Script completed in 2.22 seconds

Even after I use quotes, it's not working for me.. please help

[Aaron]

Thanks. I've repeated this issue and it appears that quotes are not handled for the html-custom option in the current release. I'll open a tracker entry to investigate. In the meantime, place your .css file in a folder path with no spaces, and it should then work.

[Divya Dharani]

Thank you so much