Re: [bug #41246] Allow to switch shell batch mode at runtime instead of build time

[grischka]

Paul Smith wrote:
> My question, or _challenge_ if you like, is whether we can find a way to
> know, without any hints from the user, whether a given command line will
> work properly for /bin/sh -c in Windows, or if it needs to use a batch
> file.

And the answer is:  Always (would it work properly without batch file).
It is just a matter of quoting the argument appropriately.

For example, with cygwin/msys "sh -c args" called via CreateProcess
in make needs double quotes around "args" as well as " and \ escaped
with \ inside.

Whereas "cmd /c args" just needs quotes around "args".  (Actually not
always but doesn't hurt).

--- grischka