Python os.system() help (Newbie)

[_Core]

I am making a python script to extract files on mass which are stored in sub folders. The whole script works fine except when I pass the command to the system using os.system()

command = '"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\unrar\\unrar.exe" x ' + '"' + ch_dir + "\\" + File + '"' + ' "' + OrigDir + '\\"'
        print "\n" + command + "\n"
        os.system(command)

print command gives me:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\unrar\unrar.exe" x "C:\Users\Core\Desktop\testing folder\LAWL\MO_to_test_success.rar" "C:\Users\Core\Desktop\testing folder\"

which when I copy and paste into the command prompt works fine and extracts said file, but when used with the os.system() gives me the following error:

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am sure it is something very simple however I am very new to this and I can't seem to solve it. I'm still developing that programmer mind-set :)

Thanks for any advice.

_Core

[jlm699]

Ghar. For some reason os.system() isn't friendly with commands that have spaces in their paths (even if you enclose them with ""). Best practice is to swtich to a slightly more robust execution module such as subprocess (if you're on 2.4 or greater), or popen

[_Core]

Ghar. For some reason os.system() isn't friendly with commands that have spaces in their paths (even if you enclose them with ""). Best practice is to swtich to a slightly more robust execution module such as subprocess (if you're on 2.4 or greater), or popen

Hi jlm699,

Thank you for the tip, I used subprocess.call() which is working fine.

Thanks,

[anurag_bagaria]

Hello,

I was just curious, if you got the solution to this problem as I too am in a similar fix and would like to run a pipeline of commands calling a python script.

Thanking you in advance.

I am making a python script to extract files on mass which are stored in sub folders. The whole script works fine except when I pass the command to the system using os.system()

command = '"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\unrar\\unrar.exe" x ' + '"' + ch_dir + "\\" + File + '"' + ' "' + OrigDir + '\\"'
        print "\n" + command + "\n"
        os.system(command)

print command gives me:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\unrar\unrar.exe" x "C:\Users\Core\Desktop\testing folder\LAWL\MO_to_test_success.rar" "C:\Users\Core\Desktop\testing folder\"

which when I copy and paste into the command prompt works fine and extracts said file, but when used with the os.system() gives me the following error:

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I am sure it is something very simple however I am very new to this and I can't seem to solve it. I'm still developing that programmer mind-set :)

Thanks for any advice.

_Core