Windows Nt directory names

[Bengt Richter]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:30:39 -0800 (PST), asdfasd asdfasdf <s802645999 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>hi
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>i wanted to execute a command somewhere in "program files" directory but can't seem to do it as it says : "c:\program" is not recognized as an internal command 
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>i have used :
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>import os
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>CMD = r'c:\program files\action.exe'
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>os.system(CMD)
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>how do i code so that the space in "program files" is recognized?
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>thanks

This format will probably make your python script wait until the other program exits:

 >>> CMD = r'"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"'
 >>> os.system(CMD)
 0


This format uses start to run it separately:

 >>> CMD2= r'"start """C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe""'
 >>> os.system(CMD2)
 0

The trick is in how double quotes get handled as the line is passed along.

CMD2 should be equivalent to typing

   start "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"

at the console window prompt, unless I goofed ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter