On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:03 AM, J. Todd Slack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I guess what I dont get is when you pass arguments that are not simple like: > >> [task setLaunchPath: @"/bin/ls"]; >> [task setArguments: [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"ls", @"-al", @"/", >> nil]]; > > What about a command that takes arguments like: > > --segments /Users/slack/music/iTunes/iTunes Music/amber,00:00:10,00:00:35 > /user/slack/music/itunes/itunes music/01 amber.mp3 > > Where: > > ' --segments' is an argument > > '/Users/slack/music/iTunes/iTunes Music/amber,00:00:10,00:00:35' is really > one argument I build up from pieces and has spaces in path > > '/user/slack/music/itunes/itunes music/01 amber.mp3' is another argument > with spaces in path, etc
See: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSTaskArguments Summary: spaces don't matter. All "special characters" are due to parsing by the shell, and you are no longer using a shell. Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
