> From: Bruno Haible <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:28:17 +0200 > > Since '^' is a quoting character in cmd.exe, maybe you can try whether > it helps to protect "*" inside double-quotes on Windows 7? That is, > try to pass arguments such as > ^* > ^^* > "*" > "^*" > "^^*" > \"*\" > \"^*\" > \"^^*\" > ^"*^" > ^^"*^^"
I've now tested these, and as expected, they don't help on Windows 7. My conclusion is that ^ is processed entirely by cmd.exe in its application code, whereas globbing code in MSVCRT does not assign any special meaning to that character.
