From: Giel Raijmakers Date: 2007-11-26T17:31:30+09:00 Subject: 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. system('start excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls’) Excel will try to open “open.xls” and “it.xls”. Thanks for the help guys! FlamingFlamingo -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.