Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows

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From: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
To: 'Bruce Momjian' <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32 <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows
Date: 2004-06-11 16:35:22
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Bruce Momjian writes:
> I did a lot of poking around in MinGW and found some basic
> rules. First,
> MinGW's system() can't use single quotes for the executable
> name or any
> file used in redirection (as you showed above). Second, it gets
> confused with multiple double-quoted strings. The fix is to add a
> double-quote to the beginning and end of the system string,
> so a typical
> system string becomes:
>
> system("\"\"ls\" 'a' 'b c' > \"out\"\");
>
> Single quotes are fine for arguments.
>
> The applied patch makes this change and documents the behavior. Would
> folks test these changes on Win32 please?

FWIW, that's pretty much what I've been using.

Cheers,
Claudio

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers-win32 <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows
Date: 2004-06-11 16:47:43
Message-ID: 200406111647.i5BGlhp01370@candle.pha.pa.us
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Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > I did a lot of poking around in MinGW and found some basic
> > rules. First,
> > MinGW's system() can't use single quotes for the executable
> > name or any
> > file used in redirection (as you showed above). Second, it gets
> > confused with multiple double-quoted strings. The fix is to add a
> > double-quote to the beginning and end of the system string,
> > so a typical
> > system string becomes:
> >
> > system("\"\"ls\" 'a' 'b c' > \"out\"\");
> >
> > Single quotes are fine for arguments.
> >
> > The applied patch makes this change and documents the behavior. Would
> > folks test these changes on Win32 please?
>
> FWIW, that's pretty much what I've been using.

Yes, you were the person who originally suggested the extra quotes, and
I found it documented here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/COMMANDS/C/CMD.HTM

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