Re: [boost] [filesystem] basic_path::operator>> issue for paths with spaces

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] basic_path::operator>> issue for paths with spaces
From: Giovanni Piero Deretta (gpderetta_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-22 16:01:17

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Scott McMurray <me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:48, Johan Råde <rade_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know. I only have experience with Windows,
>> where spaces are common and "s are not allowed in path names.
>> It is a common convention on Windows
>> to surround paths, that contain spaces, by quotes.
>> How is this problem handled on Unix?
>>
>
> Quotes are usually used, which are parsed out by the shell.  For
> filenames with quotation marks, then escaping is needed, or a
> different method, such as apostrophes.  In all cases, though, the
> shell has stripped the excess before passing the appropriate filename
> to the program.  (The shell is also responsible for expanding
> wildcards.)
>
> Is there a really good solution?  I don't know.  It seems like I can
> even have newlines in filenames:

I think that, according to posix (or at least traditional unix), the
only character that is not allowed in a filename is '/'.

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gpd