> I am trying to use the Elog Utility to import a few thousand entries. So 
> far I have run into a few problems.
> 
> a) Cannot get elog utility to speak to elogd on port 8080. Even though I 
> use the -p 8080 option with elog. I was able to get it to work when I 
> moved my server to port 80.
> 
> b) I cannot get elog to work with and attributes or logbooks that contain 
> spaces. Please refer the the following example:
> 
> elog -v -h scotland.ccs.yorku.ca -p 80 -a "Station Number"="CC001" -a "Mac 
> Address"="000874fdc895" -a "Hostname"="cc001.cnscommons.yorku.ca" -a "IP 
> Address"="10.6.10.52" -a "Manufacturer"="Dell" -a "Model Line"="Optiplex" -
> a "Model Number"="GX270" -a "Monitor Manufacturer"="Dell" -a "Monitor 
> Model"="E151FP" -a "Memory"="512MB" -a "CPU Speed"="2.6GHz" -a "Hard 
> Drive"="40GB" -a "Service Count"="-" -l WSC2 -u charles xxxxx "DD/MM/YY: 
> Change Description"
> 
> This line executes fine. Except only Hostname, Manufacturer, Memory and 
> text are populated in the record. All the rest of the fields are blank.
> 
> c) the only way I was able to get the transaction to work was by reducing 
> the size of the log book to a single word (ie WSC2).
> 
> Do I have to reduce all my attributes to single words? Or am I missing 
> something simple to use as a delimiter for entry??
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> -Charles-

As a followup, this occurs not only in the Linux environment, but also under 
Windows XP. I get the same results...

-Charles-