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Deleting a local file with spaces in the name

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I am tring to use the upload adn delete script however my filemanes that I want to delete have spaces in teh filname and it wont delete them. I'm assuming the $item dosent list files with spaces in teh name how do I fix this?
FTP Script
  1. OPENHOST("biokey","ftp","")
  2.  
  3. # Change Directory to FTP
  4. CHDIR("/FTP")
  5.  
  6. # Change working directory to C:\AdvPubSafety\FTP Queue\Citation\
  7. LOCALCHDIR("C:\AdvPubSafety\FTP Queue\Citation\")
  8.  
  9. # Retrieve the  file listing
  10. $result=GETLIST($list,LOCAL_FILES,"*.*")
  11.  
  12. # If GETLIST failed stop the script
  13. IF($result!="OK")
  14.        STOP
  16.  
  17. # For each file in $list...
  18. FOREACH $item IN $list
  19.        # Upload the file
  20.        $result=PUTFILE($item)
  21.        # If the file has been succesfully uploaded
  22.        # delete the local copy of the file
  23.        IF($result=="OK")
  24.                EXEC("del ".$item)
  25.        END IF
  27.  
  28.  
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You have to enclose between double quotes the file name within the EXEC command. For example:
FTP Script
  1. EXEC('del "'.$item.'"')
GeSHi © Codebox Plus Extension
Well, it is a bit tricky because you have to use two single quote (') to enclose a text string that has double quotes ("). You can find a detailed explanation of this in the EXEC help topic:

http://www.scriptftp.com/reference.php?go=topic260

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