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28.0.60; shell-quote-argument quotes "^!" incorrectly on MS-Windows

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Message #14 received at 51501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: 51501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51501: 28.0.60; shell-quote-argument quotes "^!" incorrectly
 on MS-Windows
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:36:30 +0300

> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:51:18 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> cc: 51501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > (shell-quote-argument "foo^!") => "^\"foo^^^!^\""
> >
> > This is definitely NOT okay.
> 
> Is this with emacs -Q?

Yes.

> I get "foo\\^\\!".

You are not on MS-Windows, I presume?  The quoting is specific to the
underlying OS, and the bug report is about what happens on MS-Windows.

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