Opening an IFS Directory

I am trying to use opendir API and all the examples I see all have a hard
coded path and I have tried many ways to use a variable constructed path
name with no luck.

Example:

eval dir = opendir('/XXX/PAYROLL/020-MEMPHIS DEV/50113'); Works

When I try constructing a path name from a file I created of sub folders I
want to read the dir always returns null?

eval dir = opendir('/XXX/PAYROLL/' + pathout)); returns null where
pathout is sub folder name from the file.

Jack Gallagher
MIS Dept.
Newly Weds Foods
773-292-2482
Fax 773-292-7549
jgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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