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stat -c %N returns strange results for file names including <TAB>

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Message #23 received at 23422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 23422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: Re: bug#23422: stat -c %N returns strange results for file names
 including <TAB>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 18:27:10 +0200

Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

>> Thanks for the hint with QUOTING_STYLE. However, it doesn't work for me:
>>
>> # env QUOTING_STYLE=escape /usr/bin/stat -c %N /tmp/foo*
>> '/tmp/foo'$'\t''bar'
>
> Right, stat currently hard codes the "shell" style.
> It probably makes sense to have this configurable.
> I'll do that for the next release.

Thanks! In general I don't care whether you implement it via environment
variable or command parameter. The environment variable has the
advantage, that the call of stat would be backwards compatible.

> thanks,
> Pádraig.

Best regards, Michael.

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