Spool filename that contains spaces

Hi Folks,
Does anyone know a technique for creating spool files that
contain spaces in the path name?
I have a script that I want to pass in a directory path as a
parameter. The script then uses this directory as the path for
dynamically created scripts which are run later in the main
script, but SQL*Plus won't allow spaces in the path name.
e.g.
myScript.sql
DEFINE P_DIR = '&1'
SPOOL &P_DIR.script1.sql
-- Dynamic SQL statements
SPOOL OFF
@&P_DIR.script1.sql
Called by plus80 @myScript 'C:\Documents and Setting\andy\'
I've tried various combinations of single and double quotes
around the variable references and even tried a HOST cd &P_DIR
command, all to no avail. I'm sure I've seen this done
somewhere before.
BTW Using a batch file is not a possible solution :(
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Andy

This is logged as a SQL*Plus bug, #898051. It used to work in SQL*Plus 3.
If you have access to MetaLink http://metalink.oracle.com/ you can view the complete text of the bug.
-- CJ

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