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24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#18745: 24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on	`shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:57:19 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>,  18745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:47:20 -0400
> 
> >> (call-process-shell-command "\"c:/path-without-space/foo-bar.bat\""
> >> nil t t "\"x y\"")
> [...]
> > This is a Windows misfeature, not an Emacs bug: the CreateProcess
> > primitive fails like that when passed a command that is a batch file.
> > To work around, try using cmd.exe as the command, and the batch file
> > with arguments as its arguments, with "/c" prepended.
> 
> But call-process-shell-command (contrary to call-process) should already
> be using cmd.exe, no?

No, shell-file-name on Windows is set to invoke cmdproxy.

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