Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix double backslash problem in Windows

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 09/01/2008, Laurent Vivier <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le mardi 08 janvier 2008 à 17:17 +0100, Hervé Poussineau a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Windows, since December 2nd, files names provided in command line
> > have to double their backslash to work correctly, for example: "-hda
> > c:\\disks\\qemu.qcow" instead of -hda c:\disks\qemu.qcow"
> > This patch removes this need and reverts back to Qemu 0.9.0 behaviour
> >
> > Hervé
> >
>
> I have introduced this behavior to be able to use command line like
> "qemu -hda my\ file", IMHO your patch should be #ifdef for window only.

Why should qemu reimplement the escaping if shells already do that? If
parameter values with spaces are not handled correctly then it's an
error somewhere else.

I don't think there needs to be any difference in the handling of the
parameters between unix and ms-windows (in this case).
Regards