gui/applets: escape backslashes in {python} and {ipc_address}

m-labs · Feb 16, 2016 · 2ce3c08 · 2ce3c08
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commit 2ce3c08
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/artiq/gui/applets.py b/artiq/gui/applets.py
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ async def start(self):
         if "{ipc_address}" not in self.command:
             logger.warning("IPC address missing from command for %s",
                            self.applet_name)
-        command = self.command.format(python=sys.executable,
-                                      ipc_address=self.ipc.get_address())
+        command = self.command.format(
+            python=sys.executable.replace("\\", "\\\\"),
+            ipc_address=self.ipc.get_address().replace("\\", "\\\\")
+        )
         logger.debug("starting command %s for %s", command, self.applet_name)
         try:
             await self.ipc.create_subprocess(*shlex.split(command))