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vitaflo
Opening a file with spaces in the name
Feb 27th, 2007, 10:58pm  
I'm having issues opening files with spaces in the name (OS X), using the open() command.  If my file is named "MyFile.ext" the file will open just fine, however if it's named "My File.ext" I can't get it to open.  I even tried to escape the space in the string (like you would do in the terminal of OS X to open the file) but that didn't seem to work either.

Anyone have any ideas here?  Am I doing something wrong?
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fry
Re: Opening a file with spaces in the name
Reply #1 - Feb 28th, 2007, 2:28am  
i'd try either using quotes (the slash-space syntax is specific to the shell), or use the version of open() that takes a string array, since with that, you're making clear that you mean for each individual item to be 'separated', rather than counting on spaces to do the thing.

actually, on osx, it's even messier, since a .app is actually a folder, not an executable. so something like this will work:

open(new String[] { "open", "/Applications/StuffIt Expander.app" });

which uses the osx command line 'open' command to launch the .app file.
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vitaflo
Re: Opening a file with spaces in the name
Reply #2 - Feb 28th, 2007, 4:13am  
That is messy, but it works perfect.  Thanks fry, would have never figured that out on my own.
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