[utils] get_exe_version: encode executable name (fixes #5647)

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / utils.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 1013f7c1879e0afac035327e1e60c13ee295ee21..de09b53b2d81150e355788f8f870dcaf112ae296 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ def get_exe_version(exe, args=['--version'],
     or False if the executable is not present """
     try:
         out, _ = subprocess.Popen(
-            [exe] + args,
+            [encodeArgument(exe)] + args,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()
     except OSError:
         return False