From: Axel Etzold <AEtzold@...>
Date: 2007-11-26T18:22:58+09:00
Subject: Re: opening filename with a space in it


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:31:30 +0900
> Von: Giel Raijmakers <giel@degekste.com>
> An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Betreff: 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.

Dear Giel,

welcome to Ruby - I am sure you'll enjoy it :).

I vaguely recall that I also had the problem you write about and 
could solve it by substituting
an underscore for the space, thus:

   system('start excel c:\\temp\\open_it.xls’)

(Couldn't test it now, but this :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142982

says something similar.)

But that's not a Ruby-specific issue, rather an operating system specific
one. 

Best regards,

Axel 

> 
> system('start excel c:\\temp\\open it.xls’)
> 
> Excel will try to open “open.xls” and “it.xls”.
> 
> Thanks for the help guys!
> 
> FlamingFlamingo
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