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[Vlad Dumitrescu]

----- 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