[PyQt] Converting an ugly path to a shell path

[Sybren A. Stüvel]

On Tuesday 14 September 2010 00:08:40 AmFreak at web.de wrote:
> I think quotes don't work always ?
> For example when i have a dir like ""' how do i quote it ?

I would take out the middle man. Don't use the shell, unless you 
really have to. If you just pass a list of arguments to 
subprocess.Popen, they will be "received" by the application just as-
is. No escaping needed.

import subprocess
proc = subprocess.Popen([command, path])

-- 
Sybren A. Stüvel

sybren at stuvel.eu
http://stuvel.eu/
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