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Value Specifications

If the value for a command contains one or more spaces, enclose the value with quotation marks (" "). For example, if a view path name contains a space, such as Test Repository, and you specify the following, the process fails:

... -vp \Test Repository

Instead, enclose the value in quotation marks, as follows:

... -vp "\Test Repository"

On the command line, the shell interprets the backslash (\) as a quotation mark if a quotation mark follows the backslash (\"). This sequence leads to parsing errors; other CA Harvest SCM errors may occur depending on the order of the arguments on the command line. To avoid this confusion, replace a single backslash with double backslashes preceding a quotation mark, or do not use a single backslash preceding a quotation mark.

For example, instead of:

-vp "\Test Repository\"

use:

-vp "\Test Repository\\"

or

-vp "\Test Repository"

Command line parameters such as -vp "\Test Repository\" in an input file, when using option -i or -di, will be parsed correctly.

Note: CA Harvest SCM does not interpret the backslash (\) as a special character.

On UNIX or Linux, view paths that contain subsequent paths must be enclosed in quotation marks even though they contain no spaces. For example:

-vp "\Testrepository\path1"