bug#8132: 23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /

[Zeljko Vrba]

On 2011-02-28 4:32 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > On Windows 7 (64-bit mod), run M-x shell, and try to do any filename
> > expansion.  All backslashes (even
> > manually typed!) are converted to forward slashes upon tab-expansion.
>
> Yes, that's the expected behavior.  Could you explain why it's
> a problem?
It is a problem because commands built in to cmd.exe (and also external 
commands) interpret slash as a command-line switch character.  So you 
end up with the following situation:

--> comint expanded \ to / : del ../lpeg-0.10.2/re.html
Invalid switch - "lpeg-0.10.2".

In short, it breaks all native windows command-line tools.

Best regards,
  Zeljko.

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