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

Paul's option works, but you still must escape the spaces like so:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"open", "/folder\\ name/toast.sh"});

The thing that sucks about using a String array is that each param and its option must be in their own element. For instance you cannot do this:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"executable", "-r -x 1", "/folder\\ name/somefile"});

But instead must specify it like so:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"executable", "-r", "-x", "1", "/folder\\ name/somefile"});