[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3481: m.cogo (and others most likely) fail in Grass 7 under OS X if output path contains spaces

[GRASS GIS]

#3481: m.cogo (and others most likely) fail in Grass 7 under OS X if output path
contains spaces
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  Reporter:  fgfletcher  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  Default     |    Version:  7.0.0
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  path quoting, m.cogo
       CPU:  OSX/Intel   |   Platform:  MacOSX
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Comment (by mmetz):

 Replying to [ticket:3481 fgfletcher]:
 > Occurs here under Mac OSX 10.12.6 when using GRASS 7 as bundled into
 QGIS 2.18.15-3.
 >
 > m.cogo, and most likely others, fail under OS X if the output path
 contains spaces.  Input path seems unaffected.

 If m.cogo is called directly from within GRASS, m.cogo accepts output
 paths with spaces. Please provide an example with spaces in the output
 path that does not work when called within GRASS directly.

 Otherwise it is a bug of QGIS, and ...

 >
 > Consequently in OSX paths need to be "quoted" for Unix compatibility; I
 suspect that is what is missing.

 ... in the QGIS interface to GRASS.

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