> -----Original Message----- > From: pyqt-boun...@riverbankcomputing.com [mailto:pyqt- > boun...@riverbankcomputing.com] On Behalf Of amfr...@web.de > Sent: September-13-10 11:19 AM > To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com > Subject: [PyQt] Converting an ugly path to a shell path > > Hi, > > im using a QFileDialog to let the user select a path that is used later in > a command send to the shell like this: > > retcode = Popen(command + " " + path, shell=True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = > PIPE) > > The problem that occurs now is when the user selects an "ugly" path like > this /home/user/!" §$/. > The shell don't understand the special chars so i have to escape them with > "\" . > Is there a function that does this ?
Try, from the os module, os.path.abspath. Darryl _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt
