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> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> 
> > It strikes me that we should add to shell-quote-argument an optional
> > argument that will cause it to quote a shell argument for specific OS.
> > If the optional argument is omitted or nil, let it default to
> > system-type.
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> This sounds like a good idea.  If there is a way to check whether
> this new feature is available, that'd be perfect.  (Then Tramp can

Trivial: call it with the extra arg and see if it succeeds.


	Stefan