opening filename with a space in it

[Giel Raijmakers]

Hi all,
I’m a Ruby newbie so this is probably not the most challenging question
on the net, but, here it goes.
How can I open a filename with a space in it?
It concerns an Excel file.

system('start excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls’)

Excel will try to open “open.xls†and “it.xlsâ€.

Thanks for the help guys!

FlamingFlamingo

 

[7stud --]

Hi all,
I’m a Ruby newbie so this is probably not the most challenging question
on the net, but, here it goes.
How can I open a filename with a space in it?
It concerns an Excel file.

system('start excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls’)

Excel will try to open “open.xls†and “it.xlsâ€.

Thanks for the help guys!

FlamingFlamingo

Try some quotes around the file name.

 

[Giel Raijmakers]

Nop, doesn't work either.
system('start excel c:\\temp\\"open it.xls"')

Quotes around the entire path+filename doest work.
system('start "excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls"')
Thanks for the "push" in the right direction!


Flaming Flamingo

 

[Axel Etzold]

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Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:31:30 +0900
Von: Giel Raijmakers <[email protected]>
An: (e-mail address removed)
Betreff: opening filename with a space in it

Hi all,
I’m a Ruby newbie so this is probably not the most challenging question
on the net, but, here it goes.
How can I open a filename with a space in it?
It concerns an Excel file.

Dear Giel,

welcome to Ruby - I am sure you'll enjoy it .

I vaguely recall that I also had the problem you write about and
could solve it by substituting
an underscore for the space, thus:

system('start excel c:\\temp\\open_it.xls’)

(Couldn't test it now, but this :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142982

says something similar.)

But that's not a Ruby-specific issue, rather an operating system specific
one.

Best regards,

Axel

 

[Siep Korteling]

Nop, doesn't work either.
system('start excel c:\\temp\\"open it.xls"')

Quotes around the entire path+filename doest work.
system('start "excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls"')
Thanks for the "push" in the right direction!


Flaming Flamingo

Try:

system('start excel "c:\\temp\\open it.xls"')

 

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[Giel Raijmakers]

Try:

system('start excel "c:\\temp\\open it.xls"')

This one works!

Cheers!