Bug 92335 - htmlview can't open files with names which include spaces
Summary: htmlview can't open files with names which include spaces
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: htmlview
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Warren Togami
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: CambridgeTarget
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-06-05 08:46 UTC by Moritz Barsnick
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-04-25 04:53:03 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
patch to allow htmlview to handle file names with whitespace (834 bytes, patch)
2004-11-01 14:37 UTC, Moritz Barsnick
no flags Details | Diff

Description Moritz Barsnick 2003-06-05 08:46:21 UTC
Description of problem:
htmlview fails to open files with names which have spaces or special chars. 
File names with spaces are passed as separated arguments.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.0.0-9

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. htmlview "/path/to/file name with spaces.html" (or any proper quoting)
2.
3.
    
Actual results:
File is not displayed, because the called viewer sees "htmlview /path/to/file"

Expected results:
File is displayed.

Additional info:
This is very obviously the classic $* vs. "$@". "$@" ist the correct way to 
pass "all arguments". There are three "exec" calls where this needs to be 
fixed. I can provide a patch, but I guess you won't need it.  ;-)  Just be sure 
to use "$@" _with_ the double quotes!

Comment 1 Moritz Barsnick 2004-11-01 14:37:21 UTC
Created attachment 106013 [details]
patch to allow htmlview to handle file names with whitespace

Still the same problem 17 months later in version 3.0.0-8. Here's a patch.

If you really don't want to allow multiple file names to be passed, try "$1".
OTOH "$*" will fail when getting multiple files and one of them contains spaces
(but I haven't checked whether the script passes this kind of arg to this
code).

Comment 2 Warren Togami 2004-11-06 22:17:37 UTC
warren is NOT my address.

Comment 3 Warren Togami 2005-04-25 04:53:03 UTC
Thanks.



Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.