# Reloading Files Problem Please Help
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/reloading-files-problem-please-help/2308
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/reloading-files-problem-please-help/2308 "2007-04-05T19:28:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@fccool](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/fccool)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/reloading-files-problem-please-help/2308/1 "2007-04-05T19:28:58Z")
Here's a scipt that I came up with to iterate through referenced files and replace these with a new locations. When I run the script it does what it supposed to but then spits out.....
// Error: File not found.: //tails-server/tails render/Treetop\_Studios/Tails\_Video\_1/Characters/Goose/Susie/scenes/Susie2.mb //
When I copy and paste the above path to the command :file -loadReference Susie2RN -type "mayaBinary" -options "v=0" "//tails-server/tails render/Treetop\_Studios/Tails\_Video\_1/Characters/Goose/Susie/scenes/Susie2.mb";
it runs fine...
What am I doing wrong? The script is shown below. Any help is appreciated.
$foundFiles = (`ls -typ "reference"`);
print $foundFiles;
for ($elem in $foundFiles) {
```
if (!`gmatch $elem "*sharedReferenceNode*"` && !`gmatch $elem "*UNKNOWN\_REF\_NODE*"`) {
if (`gmatch $elem "*Sky*"`) {
file -removeReference "T:/Treetop\_Studios/Tails\_Video\_1/Props/Scene\_2/UpThereSky/Sky.mb";
}
else {
string $origLocation = (`referenceQuery -f $elem`);
file -removeReference $origLocation;
string $newLocation = `substitute "T:/" $origLocation "//tails-server/tails render/"` ;
file -loadReference $elem -type "mayaBinary" -options "v=0" $newLocation;
}
```
}
}
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### Author:  [@davvey](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/davvey)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/reloading-files-problem-please-help/2308/2 "2007-04-05T20:05:33Z")
Hi
Not sure but the problem maybe with the path as I have found mel scripts don't like file paths with spaces in them. Try same but don't use any folders with spaces in them
eg. "tails\_render" not "tails render"
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### Author:  [@fccool](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/fccool)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/reloading-files-problem-please-help/2308/3 "2007-04-05T20:38:01Z")
Nevermind! I am an idiot ![]() I have
file -removeReference $origLocation;
But still ![]() it should have told me that the REF NODE does not exist instead of telling me that the file path is incorrect ![]()
Oh well. By removing the line the script works pretty well if you need it.