From: Will Parsons <oudeis@...>
Date: 2009-01-23T09:58:20+09:00
Subject: quoting problem with %x

I'm having a problem invoking external programs from ruby that are passed
arguments containing spaces.  I have a program that I would invoke outside
of ruby like:

  progname -o 'something with spaces'

How do I get the output from this within ruby?  If I run:

  %x[progname -o 'something with spaces']

the single quotes get lost and the result is as if
"progname -o something with spaces" had been invoked.

Attempting to escape the quotes like:

  %x[progname -o \'something with spaces\']

doesn't help.  Can someone enlighten me on how this can be done?

-- 
Will