It looked to me that both of Dan's suggestions worked.
However, I like the parentheses idea as I'm already explicitly
putting in the double quotes.
On 4/18/07, Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What syntax I found working is using parentheses
shell '("C:\amisc\sound\music\Fifties & Sixties\renLen.bat")'
where relative path can also be used.
Also read cmd /? it explains why "&" spoils the fun for quotes cmd /c.
--- Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Devon,
>
> This isn't a bug in shell, it's a "feature" of cmd.exe (backwards
compatibility). See cmd
> /help .
>
> You have a couple of options. Use the syntax:
>
> shell '"C:\amisc\sound\music\Fifties" & "Sixties\renLen.bat"'
> pshaw
I don't believe this syntax will work.
> or use spawn directly instead of shell:
>
> '' spawn '"C:\amisc\sound\music\Fifties & Sixties\renLen.bat"'
> pshaw
>
> Oleg:
>
> You might want to consider using both the lpApplicatioName and
lpCommandLine parameters in the
> definition of CreateProcess.
How will it help?
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