From 08b11addecbfb0da7b3e0efce7ae0c87987cc981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Conway-Jones <conway@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 09:55:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Let exec node (spawn) handle commands with spaces in path

---
 nodes/core/core/75-exec.html | 2 +-
 nodes/core/core/75-exec.js   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html
index a6c7fe339..f354db965 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html
+++ b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     (on the 3rd output).</p>
     <p>The optional append gets added to the command after <code>msg.payload</code> - so you can do
     things like pipe the result to another command.</p>
-    <p>Parameters with spaces should be enclosed in quotes - <i>"This is a single parameter"</i></p>
+    <p>Commands or parameters with spaces should be enclosed in quotes - <i>"This is a single parameter"</i></p>
     <p>If stdout is binary a <i>buffer</i> is returned - otherwise returns a <i>string</i>.</p>
     <p>The blue status icon will be visible while the node is active.</p>
     <p>If running a Python app you may need to use the <code>-u</code> parameter to stop the output being buffered.</p>
diff --git a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.js b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.js
index f4caa7e5b..931dbb616 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.js
+++ b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 // slice whole line by spaces (trying to honour quotes);
                 arg = arg.match(/(?:[^\s"]+|"[^"]*")+/g);
                 var cmd = arg.shift();
+                if (/^".*"$/.test(cmd)) { cmd = cmd.slice(1,-1); }
                 /* istanbul ignore else  */
                 if (RED.settings.verbose) { node.log(cmd+" ["+arg+"]"); }
                 child = spawn(cmd,arg);