From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18745: 24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:57:19 +0300 Message-ID: <8338ao3yo0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83ppds4ig5.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413467904 12088 80.91.229.3 (16 Oct 2014 13:58:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18745@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 15:58:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZJ-0008Q0-2U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:58:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50567 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZI-00055Y-FZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58585) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZA-00055H-4O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZ4-0004ry-UZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:58:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54458) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZ4-0004ru-RP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XelZ4-00069J-I9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:58:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18745 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18745-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18745.141346784223616 (code B ref 18745); Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18745) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Oct 2014 13:57:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46022 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XelYP-00068q-DB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:34948) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XelYM-00068k-St for 18745@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NDJ00100HP4HG00@mtaout29.012.net.il> for 18745@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:56:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NDJ00086IPRA140@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:56:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:94611 > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Noam Postavsky , 18745@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:47:20 -0400 > > >> (call-process-shell-command "\"c:/path-without-space/foo-bar.bat\"" > >> nil t t "\"x y\"") > [...] > > This is a Windows misfeature, not an Emacs bug: the CreateProcess > > primitive fails like that when passed a command that is a batch file. > > To work around, try using cmd.exe as the command, and the batch file > > with arguments as its arguments, with "/c" prepended. > > But call-process-shell-command (contrary to call-process) should already > be using cmd.exe, no? No, shell-file-name on Windows is set to invoke cmdproxy.