Re: \" on the WinXP Command Line

Its not clear what behaviour you are expecting.
This is OT, since your question relates to Win32 command line argument passing, rather than perl.

That said, - if you want 2 parameters passed in, with a trailing '\', try passing the params as '"A A\\" B"':


>perl -e "foreach (@ARGV){print qq('$_'\n);}" "A A\\" B"
'A A\'
'B'
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perl never gets a chance to parse the escaped "\" - that is done by the cmd interpreter.

Update: Aah - learned something today - there is a backdoor way to get the args after all! .. see nodes below.

"Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."

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Re: Re: \" on the WinXP Command Line by Ardemus (Beadle) on Feb 25, 2004 at 21:34 UTC
I'm sorry, I'm expecting all arguments (even those ending with a backslash) to be parsed as they are in example B. As John comments a little later: this is an issue with how Perl handles standard Windows command line arguments (the goal was to avoid deviating from that standard syntax). I am looking for Perl based solutions (like the one that John provided). Is this the incorrect forum for that type of question? I'm new to the Perl Monks, so I applogize if I chose the wrong forum. Thanks	[reply]

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Re: Re: \" on the WinXP Command Line
by Ardemus (Beadle) on Feb 25, 2004 at 21:34 UTC

As John comments a little later: this is an issue with how Perl handles standard Windows command line arguments (the goal was to avoid deviating from that standard syntax).

I am looking for Perl based solutions (like the one that John provided). Is this the incorrect forum for that type of question? I'm new to the Perl Monks, so I applogize if I chose the wrong forum.

Thanks

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