Escape spaces in strings

[Florian Lindner]

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

 

[Andrew Dalke]

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)

It's best that you use the subprocess module and completely skip
dealing with shell escapes. The module is standard with 2.4 but
you can get the module and use it for 2.2 or 2.3.

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-subprocess.html

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/python/python/dist/src/Lib/subprocess.py

Andrew
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