Python - error caused by space in argv Arument

Question

I had a Python program running under Mint that called another: -

repoCmd = 'Purchaser.py task ' + repoTask + ' "' + LastDataPath +'"' os.system(repoCmd) 

The quotation marks around LastDataPath were needed because some directory names had spaces — usually the Christian’s first and last name. The problem was that although the errors of the called program went to the log file, the wx.MessageDialog window was obviously not displayed.

Now I have changed the program so that it does not make a system call:

 SWCore.main(repoCmd) 

However, the problem with spaces in the directory name appeared again: -

 def main(args): orig = sys.argv sys.argv = args.split() 

recognizes a space between quotes. While I could code a typical example, I need a more general solution if there is more than one space, for example. "/ home / user / data / James fforbes Smythe" or "/ home / user / data / XYZ Bank / John Smith"