Posted by Erwin Moller on 04/24/06 14:36

freak wrote:

> Sorry , corrections to my script
>
> Have a problem with spaces in the function popen
> Next example works fine:
> ...
> $drive="c:";
> $path="";
> $file="\\myfile.exe"">";
> $call = $drive.$path.$file;
> pclose(popen('start /b '.$call.'', 'r'));
>
> ....
> Using "Program Files" in the path name
> $path=" \\Program Files"; (error: "c:\Program ... " not found)
> or
> $path=" \\Program%20Files"; (error: "c:\Program%20Files ... " not found)
>
> thus this will not work!!!!!!!!
>
> Please help me

Hi,

Did you try escaping the space, just like you escape the \?
$path=" \\Program\ Files";
(not tested)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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