Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-win32

From Claudio Natoli
Subject Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows
Date
Msg-id A02DEC4D1073D611BAE8525405FCCE2B55F4AB@harris.memetrics.local
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In response to pg_ctl start broken on windows  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: pg_ctl start broken on windows  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers-win32
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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