Re: strange argv quoting behaviour

[David Holland <dholland-current%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:12:40AM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
 > % ./foo 'abc' *
 > 4: (\a\b\c) (foo)
 > 
 > That last case suggests some aggressive overquoting - but it only happens
 > if there is a '*' as an argument afterwards!
 > (Checked on a yesterday current box, csh)

csh is amply supplied with bugs and weirdness, so this behavior
doesn't exactly surprise me; but FWIW I can't replicate it.

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David A. Holland
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