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I'm currently trying to write a program that requires I access files on a OneDrive folder that will be shared with multiple computers. Currently, an issue is appearing where the 'system' command is throwing an error when I try and access the OneDrive folder because the full path name has spaces in it.



folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
system(STR)


The error I keep receiving is




/bin/bash: line 0: cd: %s/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive: No such file
or directory




So it is effectively cutting off all entries after the second space. I've looked through the documentation and all, and I can't seem to find a solution or a guide for using the system command in this specific situation.










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  • Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

    – Cris Luengo
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:56











  • Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

    – Jimbo
    Dec 31 '18 at 2:58
















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I'm currently trying to write a program that requires I access files on a OneDrive folder that will be shared with multiple computers. Currently, an issue is appearing where the 'system' command is throwing an error when I try and access the OneDrive folder because the full path name has spaces in it.



folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
system(STR)


The error I keep receiving is




/bin/bash: line 0: cd: %s/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive: No such file
or directory




So it is effectively cutting off all entries after the second space. I've looked through the documentation and all, and I can't seem to find a solution or a guide for using the system command in this specific situation.










share|improve this question

























  • Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

    – Cris Luengo
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:56











  • Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

    – Jimbo
    Dec 31 '18 at 2:58














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I'm currently trying to write a program that requires I access files on a OneDrive folder that will be shared with multiple computers. Currently, an issue is appearing where the 'system' command is throwing an error when I try and access the OneDrive folder because the full path name has spaces in it.



folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
system(STR)


The error I keep receiving is




/bin/bash: line 0: cd: %s/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive: No such file
or directory




So it is effectively cutting off all entries after the second space. I've looked through the documentation and all, and I can't seem to find a solution or a guide for using the system command in this specific situation.










share|improve this question
















I'm currently trying to write a program that requires I access files on a OneDrive folder that will be shared with multiple computers. Currently, an issue is appearing where the 'system' command is throwing an error when I try and access the OneDrive folder because the full path name has spaces in it.



folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
system(STR)


The error I keep receiving is




/bin/bash: line 0: cd: %s/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive: No such file
or directory




So it is effectively cutting off all entries after the second space. I've looked through the documentation and all, and I can't seem to find a solution or a guide for using the system command in this specific situation.







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  • Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

    – Cris Luengo
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:56











  • Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

    – Jimbo
    Dec 31 '18 at 2:58



















  • Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

    – Cris Luengo
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:56











  • Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

    – Jimbo
    Dec 31 '18 at 2:58

















Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

– Cris Luengo
Dec 30 '18 at 19:56





Did you examine the contents of STR to see what it looks like? I believe sprintf eats up the backslashes. It would be simpler and safer to conscatenate strings with ['cd ',folder].

– Cris Luengo
Dec 30 '18 at 19:56













Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

– Jimbo
Dec 31 '18 at 2:58





Just for the record sprintf only manipulates the format string, e.g. cd %s, not the input string so STR would still have the backslashes. I'm pretty sure the problem with the input to bash (which is a bit surprising since I would have thought the example code would work). The other issue may be that something else in the path is wrong ...

– Jimbo
Dec 31 '18 at 2:58












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I am guessing that you are trying to escape the spaces. In general I prefer to wrap all arguments that have spaces with double quotes. I would have guessed that escaping the path would work as well, but maybe not ...



This should work ... and it is much easier to read (IMHO).



folder = '"/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL"'
STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
system(STR)


OR - moving " to sprintf



folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
STR = sprintf('cd "%s"',folder);
system(STR)





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    I am guessing that you are trying to escape the spaces. In general I prefer to wrap all arguments that have spaces with double quotes. I would have guessed that escaping the path would work as well, but maybe not ...



    This should work ... and it is much easier to read (IMHO).



    folder = '"/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL"'
    STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
    system(STR)


    OR - moving " to sprintf



    folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
    STR = sprintf('cd "%s"',folder);
    system(STR)





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      I am guessing that you are trying to escape the spaces. In general I prefer to wrap all arguments that have spaces with double quotes. I would have guessed that escaping the path would work as well, but maybe not ...



      This should work ... and it is much easier to read (IMHO).



      folder = '"/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL"'
      STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
      system(STR)


      OR - moving " to sprintf



      folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
      STR = sprintf('cd "%s"',folder);
      system(STR)





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        I am guessing that you are trying to escape the spaces. In general I prefer to wrap all arguments that have spaces with double quotes. I would have guessed that escaping the path would work as well, but maybe not ...



        This should work ... and it is much easier to read (IMHO).



        folder = '"/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL"'
        STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
        system(STR)


        OR - moving " to sprintf



        folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
        STR = sprintf('cd "%s"',folder);
        system(STR)





        share|improve this answer















        I am guessing that you are trying to escape the spaces. In general I prefer to wrap all arguments that have spaces with double quotes. I would have guessed that escaping the path would work as well, but maybe not ...



        This should work ... and it is much easier to read (IMHO).



        folder = '"/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL"'
        STR = sprintf('cd %s',folder);
        system(STR)


        OR - moving " to sprintf



        folder = '/Users/myuser/Desktop/OneDrive - - Company Name/foldername-AVL'
        STR = sprintf('cd "%s"',folder);
        system(STR)






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