need help with Windows compatibility

[NaughtyNathan]

If $baseDir contains spaces it will need quoting (escaped of course).
system ("start \"" + $basedir + "images\"");
also, I do this somewhere in one of my scripts but I don't just do "start $path", I use "start explorer file://$path" not sure if it makes any difference..?
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[cgbeige]

it's the weirdest thing - if you run the results in the command prompt, it works but from maya, nothing. I can't figure it out

[cgrebeld]

You can try python instead:
import os
from maya import cmds
basedir = cmds.workspace(q=True,rd=True)
os.startfile(basedir)

[cgbeige]

awesome, thanks. so this works but how do I call this from within an if about -win in MEL?

import os
from maya import cmds
basedir = cmds.workspace(q=True,rd=True)
os.startfile(basedir + "images")

[cgrebeld]

From MEL, you can use the python command:

string $basedir = `workspace -q -rd`;
string $pycmd = ("import os;os.startfile('" + $basedir + "');
python($pycmd);

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