From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-03-08T07:32:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Running windows shell command


On Mar 7, 2006, at 5:08 PM, dfaroi@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sorry for my english, I'm french.
>
> I have some problem running an xcopy command with paths that contains
> spaces.
> I'm trying that :
> output = `cmd /c xcopy /r /y \"C:/Test A\" \"C:/Test B\"`
>
> Xcopy doesn't return any error but don't transfer files from "Test A"
> to "Test B".
> If I rename those paths without spaces and double quotes, it works :
> output = `cmd /c xcopy /r /y C:/TestA C:/Test B`
>
> Could someone can explain this issue ?
> Or can tell me a better way to do fast copy files under Windows and  
> get
> back a list of files tha was transfered ?
>
> Copying files with ruby is less faster than running an xcopy command.
> Is it always true ?
>
> Thanks all for you're help to a french guy ;)
>
> David
>
>

You may be 'over-escaping'. You shouldn't need to escape double- 
quotes in backticks. What happens if you do:
output = `cmd /c xcopy /r /y "C:/Test A" "C:/Test B"`