[issue3719] platform.py: _syscmd_file() can't handle target path with space or special shell character

2008-09-02 Thread jfdp
jfdp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: To respond to a couple questions: Adding the double quotes fixed the issue I had -- but I did very limited testing. The "-b" option is not support by 'file' on Solaris. ___ Python tracker

[issue3719] platform.py: _syscmd_file() can't handle target path with space or special shell character

2008-08-28 Thread jfdp
New submission from jfdp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If you install python in a location which has a space or shell character in the path then platform.platform() will generate an error and/or fail to get all platform information. For example $ pwd /disk0/tmp/foobar(2)/python2.4/bin $ ./python