safe shell strings

[Richard KIrk]

Hi.

Is there any generic function that takes a string such as a filename, and
turns it into something that can be quoted in a single command line string
for the shell that system() is going to use? I can't find one, but it took
me a long time to find strtrim() so there might be one out there. If you
know there isn't one, please let me know so I can stop looking.

I don't need help writing such a tool. Well, actually I probably do, but I
am going to strtrim() the name and stick it in double quotes. I don't know
if that works in Windows shells, but It WIll Do For Now. However, I would
much rather be using some well-debugged tool, instead of re-inventing the
wheel, as my wheels sometimes come out triangular.

Cheers.
Richard Kirk




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