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Opened on Feb 6, 2009 at 1:41:04 AM

Closed on Feb 6, 2009 at 2:15:09 AM

#801 closed Bug (No Bug)

Run/RunWait path bug

Reported by: txj2000@… Owned by:
Milestone: Component: AutoIt
Version: 3.2.12.1 Severity: None
Keywords: Run RunWait Cc:

Description

if path contains ( ), Run/RunWait run error.

example code like this

$nRetCode = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & @ScriptDir & "\()\MyBatch.bat")
$nRetCode = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & '"' & @ScriptDir & "\()\MyBatch.bat" & '"')
$nRetCode = RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & @ScriptDir & "\(AnyPath)\MyBatch.bat")
$nRetCode = RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & '"' & @ScriptDir & "\(AnyPath)\MyBatch.bat" & '"')

the above 4 statements will run error. this bug exists in AutoIT 3.2.12.1, maybe exists in AutoIT 3.3.0.0

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comment:1 by Valik, on Feb 6, 2009 at 2:15:09 AM

Resolution: → No Bug
Status: new → closed

No, this is a quirk of cmd.exe. From cmd.exe /?:

The special characters that require quotes are:

<space>
&()[]{}=;!'+,`~

Why you think this is an AutoIt error when it's clearly from cmd.exe is beyond me.

No bug.

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