From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why is this not working (apply + call-process + list of string args)? Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:04:07 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23844"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ () (2022-06-11) Cc: gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 16 00:08:35 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx2B-00062m-8x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:08:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52180 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx29-0002Bf-Kr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:08:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60448) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx1m-0002BH-F4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:08:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx1l-0000Pw-VQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49654) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx1l-0007Or-Of for gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:37421) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oYx1h-0000Ki-6I for gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:102.83.248.126]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000B5AB6.000000006323A241.0000092C; Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:08:01 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:139497 Archived-At: * Arthur Miller [2022-09-16 00:38]: > > What I know is that there shall be no space in those arguments. > Indeed, space was the problem. Didn't know it mattered. Thank you > for the help. I understand `call-process' and `start-process' as lower level command invocation that circumvents the shell. I cannot know how it works for real, there is just idea that shell is the one interpreting spaces and cutting them out, and not the programm or command itself; while `call-process' sends full arguments without shell interpreting and cutting out spaces. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/