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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:37:47 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: corinna AT vinschen DOT de
CC: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <3887C146.EC3A310F@vinschen.de> (message from Corinna Vinschen on
	Fri, 21 Jan 2000 03:15:34 +0100)
Subject: Re: Suggestion for regtool
References: <3886E0DE DOT EE734589 AT vinschen DOT de> <200001201852 DOT NAA28114 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <3887C146 DOT EC3A310F AT vinschen DOT de>


No, just a simple backslash checker:

for (sp=dp=buf; *sp; sp++)
  if (*sp == '\\')
    *dp++ = *++sp;
  else if (*sp == '/')
    *dp++ = *sp;
  else
    *dp++ = *sp;

I just want the meaning of '\\' to not be dependent on the character
following it.  I hadn't thought of adding codes for newline etc, but I
can see how that would be useful.  What does bash support?

Another option is to use HTTP or MIME quoting, like %30 is a '0' or
=45 for 'E'.  I'm not sure which would be more "natural" for cygwin
users.