Bob Tanner wrote: > Quoting Perry Hoekstra (dutchman at uswest.net): > >>Hello all, >> >>I have a question concerning calling a shell script from Java through >>the exec method. My problem is passing multiple values as a single >>variable. Example >> >>Process t_process = t_runtime.exec("webcopy 'file1.html file2.html'"); >> >>I want both files sent through to the $1 arg in my webcopy shell script. >> However, when webcopy is invoked, file1.html is passed through the $1 >>arg and file2.html is passed in the $2 arg because of the space. I have >>tried both single and double quotes. Is there any way to pass a space >>delimited string as a single arguement? >> >> > > Process t_process = t_runtime.exec("webcopy 'file1.html\ file2.html'"); > > Escaping the space? Troy Johnson suggested that and I tried it but there was no joy ... -- Perry Hoekstra E-Commerce Architect Talent Software Services perry.hoekstra at talentemail.com