2015-11-26 21:30 GMT+01:00 Gluszczak, Glenn <glenn.gluszc...@emc.com>: > Sorry I should have specified, this is not bash as this happens with the gcc > compiled > program within a Command Prompt session. > > > K:\>a.exe -s something "something d\:\\hello" > > Command-line arguments: > argv[0] a > argv[1] -s > argv[2] something > argv[3] something d\:\hello > CL: K:\sat-misc\src\sat-main\sat\src\wiz\a -s something "something d\:\hello"
I think it's both "bash" and "cmd.exe" who do backslash substitution, even though they don't follow the same rules. gcc cannot do anything about it. See: <http://blogs.msdn.com/b/twistylittlepassagesallalike/archive/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-arguments-the-wrong-way.aspx> Regards, Jan Nijtmans -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
