Re: Apostrophe in argv

[stehlik@cas3.zlin.vutbr.cz (Petr Stehlik)]

On Thu, 21 May 1998 03:47:52 +0200, Guido Flohr wrote:

GF>Not the MiNTLib has to be patched but the above mentioned modern
GF>desktops.  This `filename quoting' stuff is simply a bad idea
GF>which should be abandoned.

It's too late. It's already supported by several wide-spreaded desktops.
We can't change it.

GF>- As far as I understood the `filename quoting' it is still error
GF>  prone for subsequent occurencies of space in a filename.

Yes, that's true - I have just tried that. So you all are right, the
patch can't be used generally.

GF>Petr, if you're still not convinced

No, it's OK. I'll remove it from my local copy of MiNTlibs and try to
put it as separate function into my programs. But perhaps we still could
provide it as a libc function like "convert_quoted_argv(char **)".

Petr
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