allow executing a path in backslash notation

Wed Mar 10 10:54:00 GMT 2010

Hi,
On 10/03/2010 10:03 AM, Ilya Beylin wrote:
> The problem is that DOS paths are treated differently, even within the
> same program.
> Take for instance, bash:
>> $ builtin test -x "$WINDIR\system32\cmd.exe"&& echo ok
> yes
> $ builtin exec "$WINDIR\system32\cmd.exe" /C echo ok
> -bash: exec: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe: not found
>> That makes a lot of headache both for users and for programmers who
> have to remember about all such special cases

Is it me, or is the quoting all wrong? Doesn't backslash in the double
quote (") acts as an escape character. i.e \s = s, \c = c etc.
So, how is the exec (and apparently test) getting the correct string?
Regards,
Shaddy
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