jobctrl: use shell for subprocess if trying without it fails

IPython/Extensions/jobctrl.py

@@ -139,13 +139,25 b' def jobctrl_shellcmd(ip,cmd):'
     else:
         use_shell = False
 
+    jobentry = None
+    try:
+        try:
     p = Popen(cmd,shell = use_shell)
-    jobentry = 'tasks/t' + str(p.pid)
+        except WindowsError:
+            if use_shell:
+                # try with os.system
+                os.system(cmd)
+                return
+            else:
+                # have to go via shell, sucks
+                p = Popen(cmd,shell = True)
     
-    try:
+        jobentry = 'tasks/t' + str(p.pid)
         ip.db[jobentry] = (p.pid,cmd,os.getcwd(),time.time())
         p.communicate()
+
     finally:
+        if jobentry:
         del ip.db[jobentry]