Spaces in java execute path for OS X

Question

On OS X, I am trying to .exec something, but when a path contains a space, it doesn\'t work. I\'ve tried surrounding the path with quotes, escaping the space, and even usin

Answer 1

There's a summary of this problem on Sun's forums... seems to be a pretty common issue not restricted to OS X.

The last post in the thread summarizes the proposed solution. In essence, use the form of Runtime.exec that takes a String[] array:

String[] args = new String[] { "open", "\"/folder name/toast.sh\"" }; 

or (the forum suggests this will work too)

String[] args = new String[] { "open", "folder name/toast.sh" };