[Bug 683189] Re: xdg-open fails with spaces in filename

[Stefano Rivera]

** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu Maverick)
   Importance: Low => Medium

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Title:
  xdg-open fails with spaces in filename

Status in “xdg-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “xdg-utils” source package in Lucid:
  Invalid
Status in “xdg-utils” source package in Maverick:
  Triaged
Status in “xdg-utils” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xdg-utils

  $ ls a\ b.pdf
  a b.pdf
  $ xdg-open a\ b.pdf

  The above results in an attempt to open file "a" and file "b.pdf" with
  evince, when one would expect it to open "a b.pdf" with evince.

  This is on Ubuntu 10.10.

  $ apt-cache policy xdg-utils 
  xdg-utils:
    Installed: 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1
    Candidate: 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1
    Version table:
   *** 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1 0
          500 http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 30 17:45:23 2010
  Dependencies:
   
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_ZA.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xdg-utils