From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2007-11-26T17:33:49+09:00
Subject: Re: opening filename with a space in it

Giel Raijmakers wrote:
> 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

Try some quotes around the file name.

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