Re: Shell quoting in Eshell (was: eshell-batch-file)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:06:53 -0700
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
> 
> On 6/15/2024 12:10 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >    Test esh-cmd-test/which/plain/external-program condition:
> [snip]
> >     :value nil :explanation
> >     (nonequal-result (command "which sh")
> >                      (result #("D:/usr/MSYS/bin/sh.exe\n" 22 23 ...))
> >                      (expected "d:/usr/MSYS/bin/sh.exe\n"))))
> >       FAILED  59/66  esh-cmd-test/which/plain/external-program (0.003953 
> > sec) at lisp/eshell/esh-cmd-tests.el:538
> > 
> > IOW: you run "which SOMETHING" and pretend to know how it will
> > capitalize the drive letter.
> 
> Ah ha! If that's the only failure, then I think this would work? (If 
> there are other failures, then I could add a PREDICATE argument to 
> 'eshell-command-result-equal' and use that in the necessary places.)

It works with that change, yes.  But please add a comment there
explaining why this is done.  Since the fix targets a single command,
it can be described in more detail.

Thanks.