GNU bug report logs - #2536
23.0.90; ! in Dired does not shell-quote the command name and args

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 05:45:03 UTC

Severity: minor

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 2536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2536: 23.0.90; ! in Dired does not shell-quote the command name and args
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:23:37 +0100

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> In sum, I don't have any insight about what fix is needed, but there is
> definitely a problem, at least for MS Windows, where spaces in file names are
> common.

If you want to use shell meta characters on the command line it is your
own responsibility to add proper quoting.  Note that file name
completion (ie. minibuffer-complete-shell-command) will DTRT here.

Andreas.

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