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Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec()

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On Friday, January 11, 2013 8:33:39 AM UTC-8, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
> No matter what version of Runtime.exec I call I can not make a arg that has multiple words in it (*NOT* multiple args but a single one) for example if I need to issue the following command in unix I can not find a way to do the stuff in "'s as a single arg [the called program requires this... i.e. it *MUST NOT* be treated as different elements of String[] args if it was a java program]):
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> rdiff-backup --remote-schema "ssh -C -p9222 %s rdiff-backup --server" username@remoteserver::/path_to/filestobackup /path_to/backedupfiles

Your program gets the quotes string as a single argument.
If you want to pass that string as a single argument to something
like system(), you have to ensure that there are quotes around the
multi-word argument.

For example, assume arg1 contains the multiword value.
You cannot just say:
   sprintf( buffer, "ls %s", arg1 );
   system( buffer );

you have to use
   sprintf( buffer, "ls '%s'", arg1 );
   system( buffer );


-- 
Fred K

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problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() "Aryeh M. Friedman" <Aryeh.Friedman@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 08:33 -0800
  Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 11:07 -0800
  Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 11:41 -0800
    Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 11:44 -0800
  Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() "A. Bolmarcich" <aggedor@earl-grey.cloud9.net> - 2013-01-11 15:27 -0600
  Re: problem with multiword args and Runtime.exec() Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-01-11 21:36 +0000

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