allow executing a path in backslash notation

Fri Mar 12 04:44:00 GMT 2010

On Mar 10 10:25, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> execv (argv[1], args);

> bash$ gcc -o exec exec.c
> bash$ ./exec /bin/echo
> abc
> bash$ ./exec C:\\cygwin\\bin\\echo
> abc
Thanks for trying a test case. I am attaching a new test case that 
shows that the trouble was with execvp(), not exec(). Only execvp() 
calls find_exec() which fails to find a file in backslash notation,
 find_exec (path, buf, "PATH=", FE_NNF)
Another call to find_exec in spawnvpe() seems to succeed,
 find_exec (file, buf)
So, perhaps, another way to address the issue is to call find_exec()
without the 2 extra parameters. I find it confusing that the 
function did not work despite its numerous options and its usage of 
isdrive() implying attempts to handle Windows native paths.
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