[bug #18573] xargs doesn't handle filenames with path on Windows

[Bill McCarthy]

URL:
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                 Summary: xargs doesn't handle filenames with path on Windows
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: rhouwjm
            Submitted on: Friday 12/22/2006 at 01:48
                Category: xargs
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Bill McCarthy
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.20
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Using the gnuwin32 version, I would expect it to know about the backslash.

Giving in files such as c:\pad\temp\a c:\pad\temp\b c:\pad\temp\c

It turns them into c:padtempa c:padtempb c:padtempc

This renders xargs fairly useless.




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