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Re: Shell quoting

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 15, 2005, 19:35 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> You could expand "sq_quote" to handle '!' and '\' characters the exact
> same way it handles the single tick (end single-tick quoting, do \! or \\
> and start single-tick quoting again) and that might be good enough for
> tcsh.
>
> IOW, the string "a\b'c!d" would become 'a'\\'b'\''c'\!'d' after 
> surrounding sq_quote with single-ticks.

I vaguely recall you had a code that assumes what sq_quote() produces and unquote it without using shell. If somebody does the above change for '!' and '\', that code may need to be checked and adjusted as well.

Sorry I could not give more specifics -- I've been looking for the code I am talking about unsuccessfully for the past 30 minutes..

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Message 9 of 12 in “Remove shell dependency in env.c”
  1. Remove shell dependency in env.cH. Peter Anvin, Sep 15, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2005
  3. H. Peter AnvinSep 15, 2005
  4. Shell quotingH. Peter Anvin, Sep 15, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2005
  6. H. Peter AnvinSep 15, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2005
  8. H. Peter AnvinSep 15, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2005
  12. rsh.c env and quoting cleanup, take 2H. Peter Anvin, Sep 15, 2005

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