Robert Collins <robe...@robertcollins.net> writes: > On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 00:44 -0400, Andres Mejia wrote: > > I suggest that the Files field use a comma-separated list of > > globbing pathnames instead, else something ugly like 'path/with some > > spaces/'* would have to be used. > > That just trades ' ' for ',' as the path not usable. > > I suggest just shell unescaping before globbing. > > foo\ bar baz > -> > 'foo bar' and 'baz'.
This has merit, as being consistent both with shell word lexing and shell globbing rules. -- \ Hercules Grytpype-Thynne: “Well, Neddie, I'm going to be | `\ frank.” Ned Seagoon: “Right, I'll be Tom.” Count Moriarty: | _o__) “I'll be Gladys.” *slap* —The Goon Show, _World War I_ | Ben Finney
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