Executing packages stored in a folder with spaces (Windows OS)

Environment

• pip version: 19.2.3
• Python version: 3.8.3
• OS: Windows 10 Pro (build 1909)

Description Executing a pip script, when packages are stored in a location with spaces in the path fails

Expected behavior Path should’ve been wrapped with quotes, so that spaces are ignored.

How to Reproduce Move your appdata folder to a path with spaces in guide here.

Use Windows Explorer to right-click on current Roaming folder and right-click on “Location” tab. Set the new location and follow the assistance when it suggest you to move the content of the folder to the new location.

1. Get any package
2. Then execute that package via a CLI
3. An error occurs, showing that it’s trying to open the file up to the first space, rather than the complete path.

On my local machine, I store my AppData folder in a path that has spaces. For example:

PS D:\Code> awslocal

D:\Code>python D:\Windows User Data\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\Scripts\awslocal
python: can't open file 'D:\Windows': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
PS D:\Code>

[pfmoore]

It sounds like awslocal is using the older scripts mechanism for providing wrapper scripts, not the newer console_scripts entry point method.

[MarkSFrancis]

Gotcha. I’ll close this then. Thanks for your help