On Fri, 13 May 2005 00:49:21 +0200, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, >is there a function to escape spaces and other characters in string for >using them as a argument to unix command? In this case rsync >(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/FAQ.html#10) > >Thx, > >Florian
Yes, but you don't want to use them. Instead, use a process launching function which doesn't smoosh arguments together into a single string which then needs to be parsed. For example, os.execl, os.spawnl, or subprocess.call. Jp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
