From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: avoid interpretation of \n, \t, ... in string
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:52:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <glp2rc$tm9$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <665cbb9b-8140-489e-a4d8-a15acce224be@r37g2000prr.googlegroups.com>
Peter Tury wrote:
> I would like to pass paths to shell (extrenal command line programs)
> on MS Windows. The paths may contain \n, \t etc. (Eg. c:
> \directory-1\new-dir\temp...). However, the string is "evaluated" and
> only the result arrives to the shell program. (In the above example: c:
> \directory-1
> ew-dir emp...)
>
> I try to use `call-process-shell-command'.
>
> I know I could use double back-slash (e.g. c:\directory-1\\new-dir\
> \temp...), but I want to be able to handle any paths in their
> "natural" form. How to do it?
Where do these strings come from?
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-28 7:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-27 17:13 avoid interpretation of \n, \t, ... in string Peter Tury
2009-01-27 18:26 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.5991.1233080786.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-27 18:38 ` Peter Tury
2009-01-28 7:52 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2009-01-28 9:59 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-01-28 12:24 ` Peter Tury
2009-01-28 14:02 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.6050.1233129149.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-28 10:16 ` Peter Tury
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