Re: os.execute with filename and argument containing spaces

[Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@...>]

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<CAAq=Fnc=+JPoX9H-T=vAU=zUbn+WpE1UYHm1smQDP6cNqu+8vA@mail.gmail.com>, Jerome
Vuarand <jerome.vuarand@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-06-23 7:19 GMT+01:00 Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@arcor.de>:
> > I would like to use os.execute() to run an .exe file with a path as
> > argument. I tried the following:
> >
> > path = [["C:\program files\lua\lua.exe" "C:\Users\name
> > surname\test.lua"]] print(path) os.execute(path)

> A good rule of thumb on Windows when you run a command through C (which Lua
> uses) and the command contains double quotes, is to surround the whole
> command with an additional pair of double quotes. So your script should
> become:

> path = [[""C:\program files\lua\lua.exe" "C:\Users\name
> surname\test.lua""]]
> print(path)
> os.execute(path)

Thanks a lot, this also works well here!

Michael