Issue 1252733: os.system on win32 can't handle pathnames with spaces

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Title:	os.system on win32 can't handle pathnames with spaces
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Components:	Library (Lib)	Versions:	Python 2.4

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Created on 2005-08-05 17:55 by salty-horse, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg25995 - (view)	Author: Ori Avtalion (salty-horse) *	Date: 2005-08-05 17:55
when calling os.system("file with spaces.exe"), Windows outputs the following: 'file' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I tried quoting the filename. Still got the same error.
msg25996 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2005-08-05 18:41
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Can you escape the spaces with backslashes? Or with circumflexes?
msg25997 - (view)	Author: Ori Avtalion (salty-horse) *	Date: 2005-08-06 10:13
Logged In: YES user_id=854801 os.execute("\"file with spaces\"") seems to solve the problem. Documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/createprocess.asp Turns out this is NOT a bug.