Use subprocess.Popen on windows to restart PlexPy

* See python bug: https://bugs.python.org/issue19066
2016-02-23 18:29:33 -08:00
parent 9ef389d335
commit eedd0d9c07
1 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/plexpy/init.py
+++ b/plexpy/init.py
@@ -890,7 +890,13 @@ def shutdown(restart=False, update=False):
        if '--nolaunch' not in args:
            args += ['--nolaunch']
        logger.info('Restarting PlexPy with %s', args)
-        os.execv(exe, args)
+        
+        # os.execv fails with spaced names on Windows
+        # https://bugs.python.org/issue19066
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            subprocess.Popen(args, cwd=os.getcwd())
+        else:
+            os.execv(exe, args)

    os._exit(0)