open file with whitespaces

[Christophe]

mardif a écrit :
> Hi guys.
> I've a very big big big problem:
> 
> I've in my windows computer a file named cicciobello.html, located in
> c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\cicciobello.html.
> 
> Now, I MUST open this file with os.spawn(os.P_WAIT ...., because I must
> wait the user cancel the explorer window, ok?
> And so, I write:
> 
> import os
> os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, "c:\programmi\internet explorer\iexplorer.exe",
> "c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\cicciobello.html")
> 
> the python process don't fail, but explorer don't visualize correctly
> the file opened: i receive an "not found" error message.
> 
> I've found that the whitespaces in file path are the problem.
> If you see to explorer address bar, you will find the address
> completely wrong...
> 
> I've found no solution!
> Can you help me, please??
> 
> thx very very very much!!!
> 

And I thought the problem where the incorrectly used \ :) Try that first :

os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, r"c:\programmi\internet explorer\iexplorer.exe",
r"c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\cicciobello.html")