ASSIGN statement for long filepaths 1

[Zadrobu]

I'm having a bit of trouble with an ASSIGN statement in a NASTRAN data file. I need to assign a file that has a quite long filepath. At first I tried simply putting the statement on a single line like so:

ASSIGN INPUTT4='subfolder_with_a_long_name/subfolder_with_a_long_name/subfolder_with_a_long_name/file.op4'

However this statement results in a fatal error because apparently it exceeds a line length limit:

     ASSIGN INPUTT4='/subfolder_with_a_long_name/subfolder_with_a_long_name/sUBFOLDER
0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 723 (XTRACI)
     THE ABOVE FILE NAME CONTAINS AN UNBALANCED NUMBER OF DELIMITERS.

I know that in INCLUDE statements you can simply split the filepath over two lines with a line break. I've tried the same here in the ASSIGN statement, but without success.

So right now I'm stuck and I would be really grateful for any help. Does anyone here know of a solution?

 

[cowski]

Does the file path and/or name have spaces in it?
I don't know about NASTRAN specifically, but I've had other programs choke on files with spaces in the path. The solution was to add double quotes around the entire file name.

"C:\temp\some folder with spaces\thefile.xyz"

 

[Zadrobu]

Does the file path and/or name have spaces in it?
I don't know about NASTRAN specifically, but I've had other programs choke on files with spaces in the path. The solution was to add double quotes around the entire file name.

Thanks for the reply. To answer your question: no, there aren't any spaces in the folder names or file name.

 

[Zadrobu]

Alright, I finally found a solution. A comma at the end of the first line signals to NASTRAN that the statement is continued on the next line:

ASSIGN INPUTT4='/subfolder_with_a_long_name/subfolder_with_a_long_name/,
subfolder_with_a_long_name/file.op4'

Now my NASTRAN file runs as it should.