OK. According to "start" help, this should work: wd 'winexec *cmd /c start "" "path/to/file"'
--- "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wd 'winexec *start "path/to/file"' > doesn't work for me. > > The following does, but suffers from the same problem as I had before. > wd 'winexec "cmd.exe /C start ',filename,'" sw_hide' > > I have looked through past posts in the forum but can't find an answer > to my original question. > I can open a filename containing spaces if I explicitly name the > application that I want to run: > > wd 'winexec "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe" > "drive:/path to/file"' > > but if I want to "open a file with the application associated with that > file extension" then I haven't found an answer yet. > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oleg Kobchenko > > You could try > > > > wd 'winexec *start "path/to/file"' > > > > See also in forum earlier. > > > > > > On Jul 11, 2007, at 3:15 AM, "Sherlock, Ric" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I want to open a file with the application associated with > > that file extension. > > E.g. I have an Excel file (*.xls) and I want to open it in Excel. > > > > If the file name doesn't contain any spaces then the > > following works on Windows. > > > > wd 'winexec "cmd /C ',filename,'" sw_hide' > > > > How can I accomplish something similar if the file name > > contains spaces? > > > > Is it possible to come up with a platform agnostic version? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ______________________ > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, > > your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
