[issue5484] subprocess.call() fails for .bat files on Windows, if executable path contains parenthesis

[Erik Sandberg]

New submission from Erik Sandberg <sandberg at virtutech.com>:

When subprocess.call is told to execute a .bat file on Windows, and the
path to the batch file is given as an absolute path, and the path
includes a left parenthesis ('('), then the call fails with a message
similar to the following; it appears that the parenthesis is incorrectly
quoted.

'c:\tmp\f' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "parenbug.py", line 7, in <module>
    subprocess.check_call(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), bat))
  File "c:\Python25\lib\subprocess.py", line 461, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'c:\tmp\f(o.bat' returned
non-zero exit status 1

I have reproduced this on Windows XP.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
files: parenbug.py
messages: 83518
nosy: sandberg
severity: normal
status: open
title: subprocess.call() fails for .bat files on Windows, if executable path contains parenthesis
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13319/parenbug.py

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