Quoting a system command

AndyM · 6th January 2006, 18:52

Hello. I have the following:

!system '"${NSISDIR}\Bin\foo"' = 0

Trying to compile this using 2.12 I get this:

!system: ""C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo""
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

If I remove the comparison:

!system '"${NSISDIR}\Bin\foo"'

...it compiles.

Bug?

- Andy

AndyM · 6th January 2006, 19:15

[Stupd message board won't let me edit my own posts...]

I forgot to mention that I'm running Windows 2000.

- Andy

kichik · 6th January 2006, 19:22

Works fine for me with ${NSISDIR}\Bin\GenPat.exe. Please include a complete example.

AndyM · 6th January 2006, 19:49

Having tried a whole slew of things, I think it is actually an error with the error message...

It is truncating "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo" to "C:\Program".

Based on the error message, I thought it was trying to execute "C:\Program", but it probably isn't - it is probably trying "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo", and since I had a typo in the path it couldn't execute it.

- Andy

6th January 2006, 18:52	#1
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	Quoting a system command Hello. I have the following: !system '"${NSISDIR}\Bin\foo"' = 0 Trying to compile this using 2.12 I get this: !system: ""C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo"" 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. If I remove the comparison: !system '"${NSISDIR}\Bin\foo"' ...it compiles. Bug? - Andy

6th January 2006, 19:22	#3
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Works fine for me with ${NSISDIR}\Bin\GenPat.exe. Please include a complete example. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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6th January 2006, 19:15	#2
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	[Stupd message board won't let me edit my own posts...] I forgot to mention that I'm running Windows 2000. - Andy

6th January 2006, 19:49	#4
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	Having tried a whole slew of things, I think it is actually an error with the error message... It is truncating "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo" to "C:\Program". Based on the error message, I thought it was trying to execute "C:\Program", but it probably isn't - it is probably trying "C:\Program Files\NSIS\Bin\foo", and since I had a typo in the path it couldn't execute it. - Andy