[PyQt] Converting an ugly path to a shell path

[AmFreak at web.de]

Hmm that doesn't work, it only seems to change things like multiple "///"  
to one "/", but doesn't add "\" for special chars.



Am 13.09.2010, 21:07 Uhr, schrieb Darryl Wallace  
<darryl.wallace at prosensus.ca>:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pyqt-bounces at riverbankcomputing.com [mailto:pyqt-
>> bounces at riverbankcomputing.com] On Behalf Of AmFreak at web.de
>> Sent: September-13-10 11:19 AM
>> To: pyqt at riverbankcomputing.com
>> Subject: [PyQt] Converting an ugly path to a shell path
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> im using a QFileDialog to let the user select a path that is used later
> in
>> a command send to the shell like this:
>>
>> retcode = Popen(command + " " + path, shell=True, stdout = PIPE, stderr
> =
>> PIPE)
>>
>> The problem that occurs now is when the user selects an "ugly" path like
>> this /home/user/!" §$/.
>> The shell don't understand the special chars so i have to escape them
> with
>> "\" .
>> Is there a function that does this ?
>
> Try, from the os module, os.path.abspath.
>
> Darryl