From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2003-09-03T18:29:10+09:00
Subject: Re: how to get the output of commands which contain backslashes?

Hi

 > | How to escape a backslash in order to pass a single backslash to the
 > | shell?
 > |
 > | I appreciate any solution, even dirty hacks and quirky workarounds
 > | :)
 >
 > Solution A:

First of all: Thanks for replying!

 >   cmd = '\for-programs\use\tidy\tidy.exe -v'
 >   `command.com /c #{cmd}`

Tried that already (see "def shell command" in the original post), 
doesn't work on Windows ME.

########## nakamura ##########
#Solution A:
   cmd = '\for-programs\use\tidy\tidy.exe -v'
   puts `command.com /c #{cmd}`

#Solution B:
   puts `command.com /c \for-programs\use\\tidy\\tidy.exe -v`
##############################

C:\del>ruby nakamura



C:\del>

No output.

 > Solution B:
 >   `command.com /c \for-programs\use\\tidy\\tidy.exe -v`

I wrote:
# these don't work (nothing printed)
puts `command.com /c \for-programs\use\tidy\tidy.exe -v`
puts `command.com /c \\for-programs\\use\\tidy\\tidy.exe -v`


Does your code work for you, on a Win9* (Windows ME) box?

This really is a thorny problem ... I tried a lot already. I need code 
which actually works on Win9* boxen.

Tobi

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