allow whitespace in caldb path (fixes issue #434)

GeminiDRSoftware · Apr 28, 2023 · ccccfb0 · ccccfb0
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diff --git a/doc/DRAGONS/changes.rst b/doc/DRAGONS/changes.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Improvements
 * Allow input files to ``shiftImages`` to recognize tabs or multiple
   whitespaces as the delimiter
 
+**recipe_system.cal_service**
+
+* Whitespace now allowed in directory paths (if quoted), e.g.,
+  ``databases = "~/.my dragons/dragons.db"``
+
 
 3.1.0
 =====

diff --git a/recipe_system/cal_service/__init__.py b/recipe_system/cal_service/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #                                                                    cal_service
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from os import path
+import shlex
 import warnings
 from importlib import import_module
 
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ def parse_databases(default_dbname="cal_manager.db"):
     for line in databases.splitlines():
         if not line:  # handle blank lines
             continue
-        db, *flags = line.split()
+        db, *flags = shlex.split(line)
         # "get" is default if there are no flags, but if any flags are
         # specified, then "get" must be there explicitly
         kwargs = {"get_cal": not bool(flags),