Subject: cygwin programs called from non-cygwin programs mauling \" in args
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:42:48 -0800

Given a simple child process that prints its argument, and a parent
that execs it passing a\"b\"c, trying combinations of cygwin and non-
cygwin parent and child shows inconsistency in what's received:

$ cat child.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  printf("[%s]\n", argv[1]);
  return 0;
}

$ cat parent.c
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  char *args[] = { argv[1], "a\\\"b\\\"c", 0};
  execv( argv[1], args);
  return 1;
}

$ gcc -mno-cygwin -Wall child.c -o nocygchild

$ gcc -mno-cygwin -Wall parent.c -o nocygparent
parent.c: In function `main':
parent.c:4: warning: passing arg 2 of `execv' from incompatible pointer type

$ gcc -Wall child.c -o cygchild

$ gcc -Wall parent.c -o cygparent

$ ./cygparent cygchild
[a\"b\"c]

$ ./cygparent nocygchild
[a\"b\"c]

$ ./nocygparent cygchild
[a\b"c]

$ ./nocygparent nocygchild
[a"b"c]

The a\b"c definitely looks like something going wrong.

(This is breaking things for me when using gcc from a non-cygwin make
program.)

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