GNU bug report logs - #18745
24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args

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Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in versions 25.0.50, 24.3

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:10:42 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  18745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:38:38 -0400
> 
> I remember reports that starting commands with a space in its name
> is pretty much impossible.

That's an entirely different problem, the reason being how Windows
normalizes file names.  It has nothing to do with CreateProcess
quirks.
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