C# - Easiest way to parse filename with spaces eg. “C:\Test\File with spaces.txt”

Question

I am trying to pass a full file path to FFMPEG.

C:\\TestFolder\\Input\\Friends - Season 6 - Gag Reel.avi

and it\'s obviously not liking th

Answer 1

In general, file paths passed as arguments on the command line require the path to be surrounded with quotation marks.

If you're talking about accepting file paths as an argument to your program, it's easiest to require users to quote paths. That way, the args argument to your main method will contain the whole path as a single string.

If you're calling other programs and passing arguments, file paths with spaces must be quoted.

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe";
p.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("\"{0}\"", filePath);
p.Start();