[New-bugs-announce] [issue23141] Command line long filename not passed correctly

[Adam Mead]

New submission from Adam Mead:

Under windows the following code does not pass the LFN to the script. Nor does any other method I've tried (getopts & argparse)

test.py
import sys

print ('Number of arguments:', len(sys.argv), 'arguments.')
print ('Argument List:', str(sys.argv))
for x in range(0, len(sys.argv)):
    print("->" + sys.argv[x])

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Output with quotes:
H:\bin>test "test lfn.txt"
Number of arguments: 3 arguments.
Argument List: ['H:\\bin\\test.py', ' test', 'lfn.txt']
->H:\bin\test.py
-> test
->lfn.txt

Output when doubling the quotes:
H:\bin>test ""test lfn.txt""
Number of arguments: 2 arguments.
Argument List: ['H:\\bin\\test.py', ' "test lfn.txt"']
->H:\bin\test.py
-> "test lfn.txt"

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components: Windows
messages: 233240
nosy: Adam.Mead, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Command line long filename not passed correctly
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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