Date:	Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:36:13 -0400
Message-Id:	<200308301336.h7UDaDT8024361@envy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	[jadoxa AT yahoo DOT com DOT au: Quoting Response Files]
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Something to look at...

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From: Jason Hood <jadoxa AT yahoo DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Quoting Response Files
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 15:31:50 +1000
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It is not possible to quote a response file (@list) to prevent it
from being expanded. ie: 'prog @list' and 'prog "@list"' will both
use the contents of list as arguments. This appears to be due to a
bug in src/libc/crt0/c1args.c - it will only say an argument was
quoted if it contains wildcard characters, meaning the quoted test
is always false when it tests for '@'. This could be fixed by either
removing the wildcard test (which makes sense to me - why say an
argument wasn't quoted when it was?) or add another test for '@'.

Jason.
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