$ ENDIF
$!
$ usedl="define"
-$ startperl="""$ perl 'f$env(\""procedure\"")' 'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6' 'p7' 'p8' !\n$ exit++ + ++$status != 0 and $exit = $status = undef;"""
+$ startperl="""$ perl 'f$env(\""procedure\"")' \""'"+"'p1'\"" \""'"+"'p2'\"" \""'"+"'p3'\"" \""'"+"'p4'\"" \""'"+"'p5'\"" \""'"+"'p6'\"" \""'"+"'p7'\"" \""'"+"'p8'\""!\n"
+$ startperl=startperl + "$ exit++ + ++$status!=0 and $exit=$status=undef; while($ARGV[$#ARGV] eq '"+"'){pop @ARGV;}"""
$!
$ IF ((Use_Threads) .AND. (vms_ver .LES. "6.2"))
$ THEN