Weeble <clockworksa...@gmail.com> added the comment: I'm not sure what rules are used by Windows to process the PATH string, but I think they are similar to the rules used to parse the command-line into argv in a C/C++ program: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17w5ykft.aspx
I have tested various arrangements of double-quotes in path elements. It appears the quotes can appear anywhere, not just at the start and end of entries. As far as I can tell, *all* they do is toggle the interpretation of the semicolon character between a separator and a character in the directory path. Note in particular: quotes may surround an entire path, segments of a path, fragments of segments of a path, or even may be completely empty. Any number of quotes can appear in a single path entry. There doesn't even need to be an even number of quotes - it seems that an odd number of quotes are treated the same as if a final quote was appended to the very end of the PATH string. Running my attached test batch file, I see these results: c:\Users\weeble>pathtest PATH= FAIL PATH=c:\Users\weeble\foo;bar FAIL PATH=c:\Users\weeble\"foo;bar" SUCCESS PATH="c:\Users\weeble\foo;bar" SUCCESS PATH=c:\Users\weeble\"foo;"bar SUCCESS PATH=c:\Users\weeble\foo";"bar SUCCESS PATH=c:\Users\weeble\""foo";"bar"" SUCCESS PATH= FAIL PATH=c:\Users\weeble\foo";bar SUCCESS ---------- nosy: +weeble Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23797/pathtest.bat _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue444582> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
