fixes #765

Author: jph00

fastcore/tools.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def run_cmd(
     try:
         ensure(not (disallow_re and re.search(disallow_re, argstr)), 'args disallowed')
         ensure(not (allow_re    and re.search(   allow_re, argstr)), 'args not allowed')
-        args = [str(Path(a).expanduser()) if a.startswith('~') else a for a in split(argstr)]
+        args = [str(Path(a).expanduser()) if a.startswith('~') else a for a in split(argstr, posix=False)]
         outp = run([cmd] + args, text=True, stdin=DEVNULL, capture_output=True)
     except: return explain_exc(f'running cmd')
     res = outp.stdout

nbs/12_tools.ipynb

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     "    try:\n",
     "        ensure(not (disallow_re and re.search(disallow_re, argstr)), 'args disallowed')\n",
     "        ensure(not (allow_re    and re.search(   allow_re, argstr)), 'args not allowed')\n",
-    "        args = [str(Path(a).expanduser()) if a.startswith('~') else a for a in split(argstr)]\n",
+    "        args = [str(Path(a).expanduser()) if a.startswith('~') else a for a in split(argstr, posix=False)]\n",
     "        outp = run([cmd] + args, text=True, stdin=DEVNULL, capture_output=True)\n",
     "    except: return explain_exc(f'running cmd')\n",
     "    res = outp.stdout\n",