Re: shell-quote-argument bug on w32

[Lennart Borgman]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > The reason I was thinking about it was actually the problems I reported
> > yesterday in "Ftp and file name with spaces". It looks to me that probably
> > should quoting there be unix style. And it does not matter what the shell is
> > since the ftp program is run directly (or am I missing something there?).
> >     
>
> I think the quoting to be used is at best unclear, and most likely,
> depending on the ftp server, no amount of quoting will fix it.
> I.e. I think the only reliable solution is to first copy the file to some
> other file (with a name without spaces) and then send that.
>   
But for the local file names I guess quoting could be used? (But it 
might still be unclear?)

On w32 a solution might be to send  short path names to the ftp program 
if there are spaces in the local file name. I do not know about other 
platforms though. Quoting the local file name before sending it to the 
ftp program seems to be more platform independent.

I would be glad if we could solve this bug on the local side.