Robin Buyer wrote: > I created a small program to test os.system: > > import os.path > os.system("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE") > > when i run this from the command line I get an error message: > 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable > program or batch file. > > How do you put spaces into a path name?
The same way you do if you are typing the command directly to the shell - put it in quotes. So now there are two sets of quotes - one to tell Python it is a string, and one to pass to the shell: os.system('"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"') Alternately use subprocess.call() which takes a list of command-line parameters so it knows to quote the first arg: >>> import subprocess >>> subprocess.call([r'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE']) Also note that if you want to use paths with \ in them in Python strings you should use a raw string, otherwise the \ start escape sequences that you don't intend: os.system(r'"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"') Kent PS please respond to the list. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor