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[Per Bergqvist]

Hi,

Yeah, you're right. Whitespace should be quoted as well.

Unfortunately this does not work for me on Windows XP.
The short form of the directory name without whitespace works.

Does it work for anybody with whitespace in directory names ???

/Per

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Per Bergqvist" <per@REDACTED>
> > However I think there is a bug regarding long file names with
> > spaces. Only if I use the short equivalent it works.
> 
> > os:cmd("c:/Program
> > Files/XEmacs/XEmacs-21.4.11/i586-pc-win32/xemacs.exe"). %% NOT OK
BUG
> >
> > os:cmd("c:\\Program
> > Files\\XEmacs\\XEmacs-21.4.11\\i586-pc-win32\\xemacs.exe"). %% NOT
OK
> > BUG
> 
> You have to escape the white space too.
> 
> os:cmd("c:/Program\
Files/XEmacs/XEmacs-21.4.11/i586-pc-win32/xemacs.exe"). %%
> OK
> 
> os:cmd("c:\\Program\
Files\\XEmacs\\XEmacs-21.4.11\\i586-pc-win32\\xemacs.exe").
> %% OK
> 
> regards,
> Vlad
> 
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Per Bergqvist
Synapse Systems AB
Phone: +46 709 686 685
Email: per@REDACTED