I don't have Python on Windows and didn't want to make any assumptions about the way the Windows shell passes parameters. Sorry again for being trivial.
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 09:00 +0000, Alan Gauld wrote: > > My question is: when invoking a program with, let's say, a filename > > containing spaces as a parameter: > > > > myprog -file "Long name" > > > > What does sys.argv hold in this case? > > What did you get when you tried it? > > I ran: > > #######test.py ###### > import sys > print sys.argv > > ################### > > python test.py foo "long name" bar > > and got > ['testargv.py', 'foo', 'long name', 'bar'] > > What did you get? Since its much less typing to try it than to ask > the question I assume you must have had a problem with it? > > Alan G > Author of the learn to program web tutor > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > > > > and got > > I am specifically interested in > > whether argv[2]=="\"Long" or argv[2]=="Long name", that is, if the shell > > does the processing or I need to do it in the program. Also, I need to > > know if most environments do the same (I wouldn't want to be caught > > pants down while porting this to Windows). > > > > Many thanks in advance for your valuable suggestions and apologies if I > > have misposted, > > > > Vlad > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
