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Re: new module 'system-quote'


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: new module 'system-quote'
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:28:17 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > The wildcard expansion between GetCommandLine() and argv has been
> > changed to consider '*' inside double-quotes as a wildcard.
> > 
> > Any idea what gnulib can do against it?
> ...
> I know of nothing simpler, if you want to support environments other
> than MinGW.

Since '^' is a quoting character in cmd.exe, maybe you can try whether
it helps to protect "*" inside double-quotes on Windows 7? That is,
try to pass arguments such as
  ^*
  ^^*
  "*"
  "^*"
  "^^*"
  \"*\"
  \"^*\"
  \"^^*\"
  ^"*^"
  ^^"*^^"

Bruno




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