Re: blanks in file names and convert-ly or midi2ly

[Mats Bengtsson]

I don't have a Windows box in front of me right now, but
you could try
convert-ly -e file\ one
or
convert-ly -e "file\ one"

Of course, an alternative is to rename the file.

  /Mats

Luc wrote:

> Under Windows XP, running [convert-ly "file One"] (with a blank in the file 
> name) I get the following errors:
>
> convert-ly.py (GNU LilyPond) 2.11.9
> convert-ly.py: error: cannot open file: `file'
> convert-ly.py: error: cannot open file: `One'
>
>
> Similarly, [midi2ly "file One"] produces errors:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\Programme\LilyPond\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 987, in ?
>    main()
>  File "C:\Programme\LilyPond\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 985, in main
>    convert_midi (f, o)
>  File "C:\Programme\LilyPond\usr\bin\midi2ly.py", line 813, in convert_midi
>    str = open (in_file).read ()
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'file'
>
>
> Working for a longer time with LilyPond and considering the frequent upgrades 
> it becomes crucial to have such utilities working
> Thanks!
> Luc
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