[issue1524] os.system() fails for commands with multiple quoted file names

2007-11-29 Thread Guy Mott
Guy Mott added the comment: > Are you sure that the exact command line works in a Windows shell? Yes, I tried running the exact same command line in a Windows shell and it worked fine. Note that the buggy.py script echoes the command line and then immediately calls os.system with it.

[issue1524] os.system() fails for commands with multiple quoted file names

2007-11-29 Thread Guy Mott
New submission from Guy Mott: Given a call to os.system() with a command string like this: os.system('"TheCommand" > "MyOutput"') # fails then the call fails with the following error message on the console: 'TheCommand" > "MyOutput