execution of astap through CMD

[Pieter Vuylsteke]

Hi Han,

As I am trying to implement ASTAP as a plate solver in my new python photometry program, I'm running into a problem.

The problem arrises also in the CMD.
In fact, lots of my fits files have spaces in their names, and that does not work very well.

e.g;:
astap.exe -f C:/AstroPie/light/M51_Test/M 51.fits

creates a ** M.ini** file with this contents :
PLTSOLVD=F
CMDLINE=astap.exe -f C:/AstroPie/light/M51_Test/M 51.fits
ERROR=Error reading image file.

if I run this command in CMD :
astap.exe -f 'C:/AstroPie/light/M51_Test/M 51.fits'

I get an error "123' from astap (see attachment)

If I plate solve the file in astap itself, there is no problem.

[Pieter Vuylsteke]

OMG.

should be " instead of '

pfft.

[han.k]

To get it working, you have to put the path between " ". Like this

astap.exe -f "C:/AstroPie/light/M51_Test/M 51.fits"

That prevent that the path is read as two seperate parameters. That should work.

Han