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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/slave.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/slave.erl
index 9c74041f56..3e647635bc 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/slave.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/slave.erl
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ register_unique_name(Number) ->
%% If the node should run on the local host, there is
%% no need to use rsh.
-mk_cmd(Host, Name, Args, Waiter, Prog) ->
+mk_cmd(Host, Name, Args, Waiter, Prog0) ->
+ Prog = quote_progname(Prog0),
BasicCmd = lists:concat([Prog,
" -detached -noinput -master ", node(),
" ", long_or_short(), Name, "@", Host,
@@ -309,6 +310,31 @@ mk_cmd(Host, Name, Args, Waiter, Prog) ->
end
end.
+%% This is an attempt to distinguish between spaces in the program
+%% path and spaces that separate arguments. The program is quoted to
+%% allow spaces in the path.
+%%
+%% Arguments could exist either if the executable is excplicitly given
+%% (through start/5) or if the -program switch to beam is used and
+%% includes arguments (typically done by cerl in OTP test environment
+%% in order to ensure that slave/peer nodes are started with the same
+%% emulator and flags as the test node. The return from lib:progname()
+%% could then typically be '/<full_path_to>/cerl -gcov').
+quote_progname(Progname) ->
+ do_quote_progname(string:tokens(to_list(Progname)," ")).
+
+do_quote_progname([Prog]) ->
+ "\""++Prog++"\"";
+do_quote_progname([Prog,Arg|Args]) ->
+ case os:find_executable(Prog) of
+ false ->
+ do_quote_progname([Prog++" "++Arg | Args]);
+ _ ->
+ %% this one has an executable - we assume the rest are arguments
+ "\""++Prog++"\""++
+ lists:flatten(lists:map(fun(X) -> [" ",X] end, [Arg|Args]))
+ end.
+
%% Give the user an opportunity to run another program,
%% than the "rsh". On HP-UX rsh is called remsh; thus HP users
%% must start erlang as erl -rsh remsh.