>>> os.system('"C:\Program Files\UltraEdit\uedit32.exe" "arg"')
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
1
>>> os.system('""C:\Program Files\UltraEdit\uedit32.exe" "arg"')
0
I am really stumbeled by this! Why do I have to write two " at the
beginning of the command to make it work? Seems like this problem only
occurs when there is a space in the path.
--
Johan Fr Ohman
That's right. os.system() opens a command shell, and this behavior is
inherited from your command shell. If you open a "DOS box" and type the
same things at it, you'll get the same results -- it's the Windows command
shells that require quoting paths with embedded spaces.