Bug #9435: Kernel.system problem

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: 2.0.0
• Tags: core, win

[windwiny (wind winy)]

if ENV['PATH'] include double quotes, Kernel.system cann't find it.

windows OS, open a cmd window

set PATH="C:\Program Files\7-Zip";%PATH%
7z -h  # can run it

pry
system '7z -h'   # can't find 

and, if command include double quotes, system can't find too.

system '"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" -h'  # ok
system '"C:\Program Files\7-Zip"\7z -h'  # can't find
system '"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\"7z -h'  # can't find

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

You don't need quotes there.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

Hello, wind.
Thank you for your report.

Could you confirm it can be reproducible with 2.1.0?

[windwiny (wind winy)]

Tomoyuki Chikanaga wrote:

Hello, wind.
Thank you for your report.

Could you confirm it can be reproducible with 2.1.0?

hi, ruby 2.1.0 has same problem.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Tracker changed from Backport to Bug
• Project changed from Backport200 to Ruby master

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

I don't think this is a bug in Ruby, it is a general issue with Windows. As @nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) mentioned, you shouldn't use quotes in PATH. See https://serverfault.com/questions/349179/path-variable-and-quotation-marks-windows/349216#349216