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unable to run the system command (et al) in windows with an exe with spaces in it

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Reopened Reopened
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Windows
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    jruby 1.6.0.dev (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 249) (2010-07-13 23c2ef7) (Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_18) [x86-java]
  • Testcase included:
    yes
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

MRI:

>> system "C:/program files/VideoLan/VLC/vlc.exe silence.wav"
=> true

I know it's ugly, but it's how MRI does things

-r

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Roger Pack added a comment -

Appears that it was never meant to be a spec that it behave this way.
Re-open if you want to be "bug for bug compatible" with MRI <= 1.9.1

-r

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Roger Pack added a comment - Appears that it was never meant to be a spec that it behave this way. Re-open if you want to be "bug for bug compatible" with MRI <= 1.9.1 -r
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Roger Pack added a comment -

appears there is some more work that could be done here.

With MRI 1.9.2, the following works:

>> IO.popen("'c:/program files/Internet Explorer/iexplore' about:blank").pid
=> 3548
>> IO.popen("\"c:/program files/Internet Explorer/iexplore\" about:blank").pid
=> 3549

et al

(but not in jruby)

A work around (for followers) is to CD into the right directory

Dir.chdir("c:/program files/Internet Explorer") do; p Dir.pwd; IO.popen("iexplore about:blank"); end

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Roger Pack added a comment - appears there is some more work that could be done here. With MRI 1.9.2, the following works: >> IO.popen("'c:/program files/Internet Explorer/iexplore' about:blank").pid => 3548 >> IO.popen("\"c:/program files/Internet Explorer/iexplore\" about:blank").pid => 3549 et al (but not in jruby) A work around (for followers) is to CD into the right directory Dir.chdir("c:/program files/Internet Explorer") do; p Dir.pwd; IO.popen("iexplore about:blank"); end
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Roger Pack added a comment -

This is still unresolved (and is the case for popen, as well)

{{

{ > IO.popen "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\videolan\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" c" Java::JavaLang::IllegalArgumentException: from java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:69) from java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30) from java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:453) from java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:593) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:612) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:591) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:587) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popen(ShellLauncher.java:571) from org.jruby.RubyIO.popen(RubyIO.java:3505) from org.jruby.RubyIO$s$0$1$popen.call(RubyIO$s$0$1$popen.gen:65535) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:209) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:205) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:282) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:139) from org.jruby.ast.CallOneArgNode.interpret(CallOneArgNode.java:57) from org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:103) ... 122 levels... from org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71) from org.jruby.evaluator.ASTInterpreter.INTERPRET_METHOD(ASTInterpreter.java:74) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.InterpretedMethod.call(InterpretedMethod.java:190) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DefaultMethod.call(DefaultMethod.java:179) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:282) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:139) from C_3a_.installs.jruby_minus_1_dot_6_dot_1_dot_64.bin.jirb.__file__(C:/installs/jruby-1.6.1.64/bin/jirb:13) from C_3a_.installs.jruby_minus_1_dot_6_dot_1_dot_64.bin.jirb.load(C:/installs/jruby-1.6.1.64/bin/jirb) from org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:671) from org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:575) from org.jruby.Ruby.runFromMain(Ruby.java:424) from org.jruby.Main.doRunFromMain(Main.java:278) from org.jruby.Main.internalRun(Main.java:198) from org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:164) from org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:148) from org.jruby.Main.main(Main.java:128)irb(main):005:0> }

}}

Apparently if you surround the exe path with quotes, it should work (as a spec), and if you don't, it's implementation specific.

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Roger Pack added a comment - This is still unresolved (and is the case for popen, as well) {{ { > IO.popen "\"c:\\Program Files (x86)\\videolan\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" c" Java::JavaLang::IllegalArgumentException: from java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:69) from java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:30) from java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:453) from java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:593) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:612) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:591) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popenShared(ShellLauncher.java:587) from org.jruby.util.ShellLauncher.popen(ShellLauncher.java:571) from org.jruby.RubyIO.popen(RubyIO.java:3505) from org.jruby.RubyIO$s$0$1$popen.call(RubyIO$s$0$1$popen.gen:65535) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:209) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DynamicMethod.call(DynamicMethod.java:205) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:282) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:139) from org.jruby.ast.CallOneArgNode.interpret(CallOneArgNode.java:57) from org.jruby.ast.NewlineNode.interpret(NewlineNode.java:103) ... 122 levels... from org.jruby.ast.BlockNode.interpret(BlockNode.java:71) from org.jruby.evaluator.ASTInterpreter.INTERPRET_METHOD(ASTInterpreter.java:74) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.InterpretedMethod.call(InterpretedMethod.java:190) from org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.DefaultMethod.call(DefaultMethod.java:179) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:282) from org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:139) from C_3a_.installs.jruby_minus_1_dot_6_dot_1_dot_64.bin.jirb.__file__(C:/installs/jruby-1.6.1.64/bin/jirb:13) from C_3a_.installs.jruby_minus_1_dot_6_dot_1_dot_64.bin.jirb.load(C:/installs/jruby-1.6.1.64/bin/jirb) from org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:671) from org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:575) from org.jruby.Ruby.runFromMain(Ruby.java:424) from org.jruby.Main.doRunFromMain(Main.java:278) from org.jruby.Main.internalRun(Main.java:198) from org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:164) from org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:148) from org.jruby.Main.main(Main.java:128)irb(main):005:0> } }} Apparently if you surround the exe path with quotes, it should work (as a spec), and if you don't, it's implementation specific.
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Roger Pack added a comment -

related: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1315

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Roger Pack added a comment - related: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1315

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  • Assignee:
    Thomas E Enebo
    Reporter:
    Roger Pack
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