I'd assume it has nothing to do with Go at all. You should try this with a minimal C program and look at the results. I assume it's something the shell is doing.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 5:09 AM Russtopia <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, bad form posting before I tried it in a plain CMD.EXE context. > The args are not transformed running from the vanilla command environment. > Guess it's a nasty interaction with MSYS. > > -Russ > > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 20:03, Russtopia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On windows, Go 1.14 running in my case under MSYS64 >> >> -- >> >>> package main >>> import ( >>> "fmt" >>> "os" >>> ) >>> func main() { >>> for idx, a := range os.Args { >>> fmt.Printf("arg[%d]: %s\n", idx, a) >>> } >>> } >> >> >> $ go run argtest.go foo foo:bar foo:/bar/baz >> arg[0]: C:\msys64\tmp\go-build182983234\b001\exe\argtest.exe >> arg[1]: foo >> arg[2]: foo:bar >> arg[3]: foo;C:\msys64\bar\baz >> >> >> Note that last arg: seems Go converts 'foo:' to 'foo;C:' and then >> interprets the rest as an absolute unix path to be converted to a DOS-style >> path! >> >> Is there a good rationale why this is done? >> For context, I am writing a utility that I want to specify paths in the >> style of openssh/scp, eg. hostname:path without Go munging them into >> Windows-style paths. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAN4yCu8eJhi8PhgXWqh%2Bs%2BNJez1zthaGOMUNAcxTyyqe0nnxNw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAN4yCu8eJhi8PhgXWqh%2Bs%2BNJez1zthaGOMUNAcxTyyqe0nnxNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfFQbRCaZhNsOVMuv6s2N24LgKPVKOn5PG_CFYgLAMpCOw%40mail.gmail.com.
