os.system on "program files"

[Cipo Fuzo]

Hello Mars,

Thanks for your suggestion, but it's
not a spelling mistake. It finds the executable
when I take the "s off the text option.

I'm pretty sure this is a bug.

Cipo

"Mars" <martin_a_clausen at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:764b8294.0305061405.13647162 at posting.google.com...
> Hi Cipo
>
> If your quotes below are cut and paste, the cause of the error might
> be the spelling mistake in "c:\prgoram files..." which should be
> "c:\program files"
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Mars
> Cipo Fuzo <cipofuzo at home.com> wrote in message
news:<slrnbbfshg.pm.cipofuzo at server.panka.com>...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm executing a program from c:\program files\... on windows.
> > I've found previous articles that suggest putting "s around
> > the executable path, which works, BUT:
> >
> > The executable I'm calling requires on of its arguments to be
> > in "s:
> >
> > >>> os.system(r'"c:\prgoram files\imagemagick\convert.exe" -draw "text 0
0 hello" in.jpg out.jpg')
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > 'c:/program' is not recognized az an internal or external command
> >
> > if I take the "s off the argument:
> >
> > >>> os.system(r'"c:\prgoram files\imagemagick\convert.exe" -draw text 0
0 hello in.jpg out.jpg')
> >
> > convert starts, but now it's not getting the correct arguments.
> >
> >
> > Is this a bug in os.system?
> > Any ideas how to solve this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cipo