Re: Quote file name args to start-process-shell-command?

[Andreas Schwab]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> For example, I just tried this:
>>
>>   (call-process-shell-command "ls" nil t nil "foo* bar*")
>>
>> and got a listing of all files that match the two wildcards `foo*' and
>> `bar*'.
>
> I think that would be abuse of the command.

No, it isn't.  The doc string says:

"Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell."

That implies that there shall be no quoting applied.  You need to go lower
level to avoid metacharacter handling.

Andreas.

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