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Re: Command line processing in dcrt0.cc does not match Microsoft parsing rules
Greetings, Stephen Provine!
> The standard rules for Microsoft command line processing are documented here:
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/17w5ykft(v=vs.85)
> The Cygwin code for command line processing is in dcrt0.cc, function build_argv.
> The behaviors do not match. For instance, given a test.sh script like this:
> #!/bin/bash
> echo $1
> And the following invocation of bash.exe from a Windows command prompt:
> bash.exe test.sh foo\"bar
> The result is:
> foo\bar
> When the expected result is:
> foo"bar
I would actually expect parsing error, but I guess, CMD gives you some slack.
Then, the expected result is either 'foo\"bar' or 'foo\bar', since in CMD, the
escape character is a caret (^).
> As a workaround, you can achieve the expected result using:
> bash.exe test.sh "foo\"bar"
> Which is great until you use a language like Go to shell exec the command
> line, and don't have control over how the command line string is generated
> from an original set of arguments. See:
> https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/syscall/exec_windows.go#L86
> Go just reverses the Microsoft standard rules in the most efficient manner
> possible, but those command lines don't parse correctly in Cygwin processes.
> Go implements a pretty definitive command line parsing algorithm as a
> replacement for the CommandLineToArgv function in shell32.dll:
>
> https://github.com/golang/go/commit/39c8d2b7faed06b0e91a1ad7906231f53aab45d1
> The behavior here is based on a detailed analysis of what command line parsing "should" be in Windows:
> http://daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm#WINARGV
> It would be very nice if Cygwin followed the same procedure at startup.
> Thanks,
> Stephen
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, August 31, 2019 11:27:38
Sorry for my terrible english...
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