Re: Run program with spaces in path

On 28/08/10 18:23, Jakson A. Aquino wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How can a Vim script run a program which has spaces in its path? For
> example, the following "system" command fails with the message
> "'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file":
>
> let rcmd = '"C:\Program files\R\R-2.11.1\bin\Rcmd.exe" BATCH "example.R"'
> let rlog = system(rcmd)
> if v:shell_error
> echomsg rlog
> endif
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jakson Aquino
>

On Dos- and Windows-like system you can use the 8.3 form of the
filenames, which will then rid you of the spaces: for instance you could
replace Program Files by PROGRA~1

If you can't use this method, or don't want to, you can use double
quotes on some system and backslash-escaping on others. On Windows you
may need backslash-escaping for internal Vim use and double quotes for
passing to the shell; on Unix-like systems you may need in some cases to
re-escape the escaping backslashes depending on how many levels of
"backslash interpretation" there are.

Best regards,
Tony.
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