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Diffstat (limited to 'src/w32proc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/w32proc.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/w32proc.c b/src/w32proc.c index c21d589c525..a14a8ee384c 100644 --- a/src/w32proc.c +++ b/src/w32proc.c @@ -781,7 +781,14 @@ sys_spawnve (int mode, char *cmdname, char **argv, char **envp) variable in their environment. */ char ppid_env_var_buffer[64]; char *extra_env[] = {ppid_env_var_buffer, NULL}; - char *sepchars = " \t"; + /* These are the characters that cause an argument to need quoting. + Arguments with whitespace characters need quoting to prevent the + argument being split into two or more. Arguments with wildcards + are also quoted, for consistency with posix platforms, where wildcards + are not expanded if we run the program directly without a shell. + Some extra whitespace characters need quoting in Cygwin programs, + so this list is conditionally modified below. */ + char *sepchars = " \t*?"; /* We don't care about the other modes */ if (mode != _P_NOWAIT) |