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From: Reed White <alta AT alta-research DOT com>
Organization: Alta Research
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: 1.5.5 and perl 5.8.2-5: bug with perl's system() cmd
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:04:14 -0800
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Versions: crgwin dll 1.5.5 and perl 5.8.2-5

When executing system() commands in perl, the system fails to handle 
escaped quotes properly.  For example, the following is not parsed 
properly:

     system("rsync ... --rsh=\"ssh -l blah\" ... ")

... Reed

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