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kimaldis
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January 31, 2024
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Using io.popen to run an executable with a space in its path

  • January 31, 2024
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So I have an executable which I'm trying to run in a plugin using lua's io.popen. The path has a space in it and I can't for the life of me figure out how to escape the path. I've tried a variety of quotes, single and double and I've tried using gsub to escape the spaces - s = s:gsub( ' ', '\\') - but it's beibng stubborn. Any thoughts appreciated.

 

MacOs, btw.

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    patrick_marq
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2024

    I believe that there is a missing spave after \\

    I use this:

    string.gsub(SourceDir, " ", "\\ ")

     

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    kimaldisAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2024

    No, there's two backslashes there. I've tried 1,2,3,4 and single quotes. in the gsub  plus all variations of single and double quotes around the path.;.

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    patrick_marq
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2024

    Well i'm quite new at this also so:

    So this is a path  with space

    local SourceDir = "/Users/pxxxx/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/_CFExports/854 kopie.zip"

     

    and this solves it

    string.gsub(SourceDir, " ", "\\ ")

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