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     Hi, 
     
     I need to execute a command on Windows NT and the executable resides
     in a directory that has spaces in it.
     
     So, to run it from the command line I use quotes around the directory:
     
     "c:\win32app\marimba\Castanet Tuner"\runchannel
     
     I am using Ant version 1.3 beta 3 
     
     When I try to insert this command in Ant script's <exec> command,
     it already has quotes around directory name.
     
     So, I tried to do this:
     
     <property name="marimbadir" value="c:\win32app\Marimba\Castanet 
     Tuner"/>
     
     <exec dir="${marimbadir}" executable="runchannel">
     
     This way, marimbadir does not get the quotes around it and the command 
     fails
     
     So, next I tried to force quotes into marimbadir property.
     
     I did the following and all of them did not compile in Ant:
     
     double quotes
     
     <property name="marimbadir" value=""c:\win32app\Marimba\Castanet 
     Tuner""/>
     
     &quot
     
     <property name="marimbadir" value="&quot c:\win32app\Marimba\Castanet 
     Tuner &quot"/>
     
     &#34
     
     <property name="marimbadir" value="&#34 c:\win32app\Marimba\Castanet 
     Tuner &#34"/>
     
     If anybody has dealt successfully with the spaces in the directory 
     name, please send me an e-mail directly (as well as to the mailing 
     list).
     
     Thanks,
     
     Dimitry Gupalo


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