[vbox-dev] Regarding possible solution to #13157 - Windows Command line argument handling error

[Knut St. Osmundsen]

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Hi Mangus,

as far as we know, with the current SVN code / test build you got,
RTGetOptArgvToString/BOURNE_SH (host side) and RTGetOptArgvFromString
(guest side) round-trips just fine now.  So, argument vectors should
be transferred to the guest without getting corrupted now.

CommandLineToArgvW round-trips just fine with the output from
RTGetOptArgvToString(RTGETOPTARGV_CNV_QUOTE_MS_CRT) (i.e. the windows
API returns the RTGetOptArgvToString input), even for examples you're
giving (test="ok").  So, when converting the argument vector to the
native windows command line format, we're doing in a manner compatible
with the windows APIs.

If there are more bugs launching applications in the guest or issues
with guest side applications you need working not following the rules
implemented by CommandLineToArgvW, please let us know the details and
we'll try fix the bugs and figure out how to work around issues with
specific apps.

Kind Regards,
 bird


On 2015-04-29 15:09, Magnus Madsen wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> Thank you for looking into the issue! I tested 99864 and there is 
> still a problem, but it is different.
> 
> An argument of: test="ok"
> 
> will be changed to "test=\"ok\""
> 
> So now the double quotes are not being stripped, however the 
> escaping backslashes are not removed and the argument is still 
> enclosed in another set of double quotes in the resulting argument 
> string used to start the process.
> 
> If it is any help, this is the modified file that I got working:
> 
> http://pastebin.com/mCiCZxuV
> 
> I think that the RTGetOptArgvFromString function should be okay, 
> but I made a quick hack to the rtGetOpArgvRequiresQuoting function 
> to prevent it from enclosing in quotes if not necessary - I doubt 
> it'd be good enough for production.
> 
> Kr, Magnus
> 
> 
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