Problems using powershell to perform a source safe

I'm trying to use powershell to do a "get" from srcSafe using a label that contains spaces.

I've read what seems like numerous posts about how to pass params w/spaces to exe's but nothing I've tried works. My problem appears to be supplying the label correctly.

Following is the cmd line version ( which works ).

ss get $/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/* -R -I-N -VL"label space"

My simplest powershell version is:

ss get '$/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/*' -R -I-N '-VL\"label space\"'

When I run the powershell cmd I get no files and $lastexitcode is "100".

Echo args shows what I think should be correct.

Arg 0 is <get>
Arg 1 is <$/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/*>
Arg 2 is <-R>
Arg 3 is <-I-N>
Arg 4 is <-VL"label space">

Powershell ISE shows the same.

DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Raw argument string:  get $/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/* -R -I-N "-VL\"label space\""
DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Argument 0: get
DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Argument 1: $/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/*
DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Argument 2: -R
DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Argument 3: -I-N
DEBUG: NativeCommandParameterBinder Information: 0 :  WriteLine   Argument 4: -VL"label space"

Just to confuse things start-process seems to work:

$cmd = "ss.exe"
$args = "get", '$/sandbox/TestSSCmdLine/*', "-R", "-I-N", '-VL"label space"'
$proc = start-process $cmd $args -Wait -NoNewWindow -PassThru -WorkingDir $pwd
$proc.ExitCode

An additional confusing item is the fact the echo args now shows the version parameter as: Arg 4 is <-VLlabel space> -> note no spaces, also does not work from cmd line.

Thanx for any help!

John A.

In cmd, the quotes would have been used to ensure label space was passed as a part of the -VL argument. Since the Start-Process version works with a result argument of -VLlabel space, I would try calling ss with '-VLlabel space', without any embedded quotes (third option listed at the top of this answer).