Problem run ROMS with comma character

gleam2003

When launch roms like this
Action Fighter (USA, Europe).7z

System back to emulationstation and no log avviable in /dev/shm

No problem with roms like
Alex Kidd - The Lost Stars (World).7z

Test with other roms with "," and the problem is the same.

gleam2003

Help, I don't want to rename all my roms and all my gamelist.

mediamogul

@gleam2003

After launching one of those games, post the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.log. Also, please post the information requested at https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

gleam2003

No log was created in /dev/shm, already write it

gleam2003

Run EmulationStation from ssh terminal for watch the error, report:
sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.3
Built From: RetroPie 4.3 clean image
USB Devices connected: none exept snes style controler
Controller used: SNES style (type="joystick" deviceName="USB Gamepad " deviceGUID="03000000790000001100000010010000")
Error messages received: sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): No data logged! (work with working roms)
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
File: Action Fighter (USA, Europe).7z
Emulator: all emulator
How to replicate the problem: use roms with , OR (,) on name

mitu

@gleam2003 I have no problem with ROMs having , in their names, either running or showing in Emulationstation. Can you try an update for all packages (from binary) from the RetroPie-Setup and then restart Emulationstation ?

gleam2003

Update, same issue

I test with change the roms name to find when the problem occurs.

A space after "(" is the problem. My error is to suppose that the problem is the ","

Can you verify?

gleam2003

@mediamogul @mitu
This is the command pass to system() command in runSystemCommand function in platform.cpp

/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS mastersystem /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem/Alex\ Kidd\ in\ Miracle\ World\ (USA,\ Europe).7z

My EmulationStation is the development version and I think the problem is in StringUtil.cpp that substitute the strreplace function

cyperghost

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cyperghost

@gleam2003 Don't know what going wrong here I just renamed one mastersystem ROM to Alex Kidd in Miracle World (USA, Europe).sms and it worked without any flaws.
Does your 7zip file contain more than one ROM?

gleam2003

@cyperghost
Probably problem is only in development version of emulationstation
Wait i'm going to recompile the stable branch to watch if is ok

gleam2003

I can confirm, the problem is with development tree

with stable:
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS mastersystem /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem/Alex\ Kidd\ in\ Miracle\ World\ \(USA,\ Europe\).7z

with development:
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS mastersystem /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mastersystem/Alex\ Kidd\ in\ Miracle\ World\ (USA,\ Europe).7z

In stable ther's escapePath function, missing completely in development

Tomaz

I fix this later today when I'm not at work.

There is still an escapePath function, it's just moved to a different location in the source.

Looking at the output, it seems it didn't escape the last ')' properly.

gleam2003

@tomaz
Thank you
Not only last ) but also ( and I think any other charachter escape in stable branch with escapePath() function

Edit: there's a space before (

Tomaz

@gleam2003
I see now that both ( and ) fails, but the new escapePath function definitely runs since it has escaped all the spaces, will know more when I'm back home later today.

Tomaz

@gleam2003
Fixed and submitted, just need to wait for it to be accepted and merged.

gleam2003

@tomaz
Thank you, compiled and tested.

Tomaz

@gleam2003
Did the fix work for you? It should be merged in the dev branch now.

gleam2003

@tomaz
Yes sorry I think you understand from my previous post

Dwarfboysim

Hi,
There are free utilities that can search an entire folder and remove that one character from all file names. Pretty sure it’s called Bulk Rename Utility. I used it to tidy up all my file names

Dwarfboysim