[Patches] [ python-Patches-466451 ] popen fix for multiple quoted arguments

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Patches item #466451, was opened at 2001-09-29 17:34
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Brian Quinlan (bquinlan)
>Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Summary: popen fix for multiple quoted arguments

Initial Comment:
In a Windows version of Python, try the following:

os.popen('"<path-of-exe" "path-of-arg"'>.read()

cmd.exe will misinterpret the command string because 
it strips the first and last quote in the command 
string (cmd.exe /? for details).

This patch does a few things:

1. it encloses the command string sent to cmd.exe in 
quotes and uses the /S switch

2. if the shell is not command.com or cmd.exe, it 
passes the -c switch to the shell (this makes popen 
work if the user's shell is bash, sh, etc.)

3. changes the variables s1, s2 and s3 to cmdPath, 
completeCmd and cmdArgs

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-09-30 11:46

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Tim, whaddayathink? Or is this for Mark?

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