Re: problem with spaces in path

Hi Xavier,
This behavior seems to be localized to gsn_open_wks.. Other NCL
functions seem to accept directory names with spaces. I was able to
specify a directory with spaces in asciiwrite, for instance. A NCL
developer will have to look at this.

The work around is to either change the name of your directory or to
open a workstation window in a different directory and move the
resulting file when the script is compete:

opath = "/home/user/"
fn = "map"
wks = gsn_open_wks("png", opath+fn)
.......
delete(wks)
npath = "/home/user/directory\ with\ spaces/"
system("mv "+opath+fn".png "+npath+fn+".png")

Hope that helps! Adam

On 08/29/2012 10:25 AM, Alan Brammer wrote:
> My bad, didn't actually test that, just presumed that would work, will hang my head sheepishly. I get the same result as you. I'm not sure about your answer then.
>
>
> Alan.
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Alan Brammer <abrammer@albany.edu> wrote:
>
>> To reference a directory or file name with spaces, you need a \ before the space. This is standard when using a command line prompt.
>>
>> e.g. "/home/user/directory\ with\ spaces/map"
>>
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Alan Brammer,
>> PhD Student
>>
>> Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at
>> Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, 12222
>>
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>>
>> On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Xavier Corredor Llano <xcorredorl@unal.edu.co> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have a problem with spaces in the path name in function gsn_open_wsk when I
>>> want save the image in directory with spaces in its name, for example:
>>>
>>> wks = gsn_open_wks("png", "/home/user/directory with spaces/map")
>>>
>>> the image saved in "/home/user/directory" and it is wrong, are there any
>>> special character for include spaces in path to save image?
>>>
>>> I know that this work if I first go to directory and then run script with
>>> "map", but this does not solved my problem.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>> regards
>>>
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