From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-07-07T03:32:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Equivalent to Python os.startfile ?

Does

system('start D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My\
Documents/DailyNotes/070701.doc')

work?

I think I've seen this use, though rethinking it doesn't make much sense now :S


Aur

On 7/6/07, Wesley Rishel <wes.rishel@gartner.com> wrote:
> Bill -- thanks very helpful. At least on my XP system it takes two more
> tweaks to make it work, or a tweak and a counter-tweak.
>
> Tweak: For some reason, on my system, system() and exec() don't handle
> the path with embedded spaces properly. I have to wrap the path in
> double-quote marks.
>
> Counter-tweak: The Windows command language, well known as a bastion of
> inconsistency :-), treats the first parameter of a Start command
> differently when it is enclosed in quotes. It becomes the title for the
> Window.
>
> This adaptation of your suggestion seems to work for me.
>
> system('start "" "D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My
> Documents/DailyNotes/070701.doc"')
>
>
> Bill Kelly wrote:
> > From: "Wesley Rishel" <wes.rishel@gartner.com>
> >>
> >> In Windows cmd.exe, if I enter the name of a file with a Windows
> >> extension, Windows will start the file as if I double clicked on it in
> >> Windows explorer. E.g.
> >>
> >> D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My Documents/DailyNotes>070701.doc
> >> [Word starts and opens the file 070701.doc]
> >
> > Seems to work on XP:
> >
> > system("start D:/Documents and Settings/WRishel/My
> > Documents/DailyNotes/070701.doc")
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Bill
>
>
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