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Subject: Re: Argument parsing with gcc compiled program
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2015-11-26 21:30 GMT+01:00 Gluszczak, Glenn <glenn DOT gluszczak AT emc DOT com>:
> Sorry I should have specified, this is not bash as this happens with the gcc compiled
> program within a Command Prompt session.
>
>
> K:\>a.exe -s something "something d\:\\hello"
>
> Command-line arguments:
>   argv[0]   a
>   argv[1]   -s
>   argv[2]   something
>   argv[3]   something d\:\hello
> CL: K:\sat-misc\src\sat-main\sat\src\wiz\a -s something "something d\:\hello"

I think it's both "bash" and "cmd.exe" who do backslash substitution, even
though they don't follow the same rules. gcc cannot do anything about it.

See:
<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/twistylittlepassagesallalike/archive/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-arguments-the-wrong-way.aspx>

Regards,
          Jan Nijtmans

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