From: Paul Moore <pf_moore@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Win32 - how do I execute a shell command?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:18:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <k6wmms1a.fsf@yahoo.co.uk> (raw)
I have a Python script I want to execute and obtaing the stdout. In
XEmacs, I can do so simply using
(shell-command-to-string (expand-file-name "~/fortune.py"))
This doesn't work in Gnu Emacs, basically because expand-file-name
returns filenames with *forward* slashes, which the shell doesn't
like.
OK, I could do a global replace of / with \, but that seems like a
hack. Is there a "expand file name in Win32 native format" (ie, with
backslashes) function?
Thanks,
Paul
--
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation -- Saki
next reply other threads:[~2004-07-29 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-29 21:18 Paul Moore [this message]
2004-07-29 21:36 ` Win32 - how do I execute a shell command? Jason Rumney
2004-07-30 19:43 ` Paul Moore
2004-07-30 7:15 ` Mathias Dahl
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