function popen and spaces in the path or file name

[freak]

Sorry , corrections to my script

Have a problem with spaces in the function popen
Next example works fine:
...
$drive="c:";
$path="";
$file="\\myfile .exe"">";
$call = $drive.$path.$f ile;
pclose(popen('s tart /b '.$call.'', 'r'));

.....
Using "Program Files" in the path name
$path=" \\Program Files"; (error: "c:\Program ... " not found)
or
$path=" \\Program%20Fil es"; (error: "c:\Program%20F iles ... " not found)

thus this will not work!!!!!!!!

Please help me

[Erwin Moller]

Re: function popen and spaces in the path or file name

freak wrote:
[color=blue]
> Sorry , corrections to my script
>
> Have a problem with spaces in the function popen
> Next example works fine:
> ...
> $drive="c:";
> $path="";
> $file="\\myfile .exe"">";
> $call = $drive.$path.$f ile;
> pclose(popen('s tart /b '.$call.'', 'r'));
>
> ....
> Using "Program Files" in the path name
> $path=" \\Program Files"; (error: "c:\Program ... " not found)
> or
> $path=" \\Program%20Fil es"; (error: "c:\Program%20F iles ... " not found)
>
> thus this will not work!!!!!!!!
>
> Please help me[/color]

Hi,

Did you try escaping the space, just like you escape the \?
$path=" \\Program\ Files";
(not tested)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[freak]

Re: function popen and spaces in the path or file name


"Erwin Moller"
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> freak wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Sorry , corrections to my script
>>
>> Have a problem with spaces in the function popen
>> Next example works fine:
>> ...
>> $drive="c:";
>> $path="";
>> $file="\\myfile .exe"">";
>> $call = $drive.$path.$f ile;
>> pclose(popen('s tart /b '.$call.'', 'r'));
>>
>> ....
>> Using "Program Files" in the path name
>> $path=" \\Program Files"; (error: "c:\Program ... " not found)
>> or
>> $path=" \\Program%20Fil es"; (error: "c:\Program%20F iles ... " not found)
>>
>> thus this will not work!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Please help me[/color]
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you try escaping the space, just like you escape the \?
> $path=" \\Program\ Files";
> (not tested)
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller[/color]

Yes I have tested it and no solution!