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Re: Feature Request: Function to quote filenames
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Feature Request: Function to quote filenames |
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Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:34:13 +0200 |
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raman <address@hidden> writes:
> As an example: Given the filename:
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> Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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> (setq f (shell-quote-argument "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"))
> returns
> "Alice\\'s\\ Adventures\\ in\\ Wonderland"
>
> But invocations like
> (shell-command (format "ls %s" f))
>
> throw an error
Which error does it throw?
ELISP> (shell-command (format "ls %s" (shell-quote-argument "Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland")))
2 (#o2, #x2, ?\C-b)
Andreas.
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