runperl(), \n and stdin

Message-ID: <20011115192640.R31399@blackrider>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13032

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/test.pl b/t/test.pl
index 90e7ed5275..e4411af078 100644
--- a/t/test.pl
+++ b/t/test.pl
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ sub runperl {
 	$runperl .= qq( "$args{progfile}");
     }
     if (defined $args{stdin}) {
+        # so we don't try to put literal newlines and crs onto the
+        # command line.
+        $args{stdin} =~ s/\n/\\n/g;
+        $args{stdin} =~ s/\r/\\r/g;
+
 	if ($is_mswin || $is_netware || $is_vms) {
 	    $runperl = qq{$^X -e "print qq(} .
 		$args{stdin} . q{)" | } . $runperl;