spawn on windows is losing my arguments

[David LeBlanc]

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> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Rene Pijlman
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 15:42
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> Subject: Re: spawn on windows is losing my arguments
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>
> Nigel Moriarty:
> >I use spawnv to run another Python script but on Windows where an item
> >is a space it's lost while on Linux it's retained.
> >
> >Any ideas if this a bug or feature?
>
> This behavior (removing an argument) is not documented, so I
> would say it's a bug in the Windows port, or perhaps in the
> underlying Windows libraries.
>
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> René Pijlman
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Surround args containing spaces with quotes to avoid this problem.

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA