[fpc-pascal] Linux - ExecuteProcess versus fpSystem

[Anton Shepelev]

Andrew Haines:

> I  suspect  that  the  oggenc  command  is failing
> because TProcess behind the  scenes  is  splitting
> --output="outputfile.ogg" into two params.

Yes, indeed.  It is also mentioned on the WIKI:

   http://wiki.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs
   (see section
   "Parameters which contain spaces (Replacing Shell Quotes)"

While  the  documentation on TProcess and fpExecV is
more ambiguous:


   TProcess:
       If the command to be executed or any  of  the
       arguments  contains  whitespace  (space,  tab
       character, linefeed character) it  should  be
       enclosed in single or double quotes.

   fpExecV:
       In  case  ComLine is a single string, it will
       be split out in an array of  strings,  taking
       into  account  common  whitespace  and  quote
       rules.

Anton