Quoting filenames with single quotes in the names problem

[cormullion]

I've discovered that my approach to quoting filenames with single quotes isn't a good idea, since I've discovered loads of filenames that have single quotes in their names. :-) So I want to use (format " %s " file-name) and surround the %s with something other than single quotes... Is it possible to do something that's both acceptable to newLISP and the Unix shell?

[Lutz]

You could try double quotes in UNIX for delimiting file names. To allow " in newLISP inside a string you have several ways to do it:

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(format "\"%s\"" file-name)

(format {"%s"} file-name)

(format [text]"%s"[/text] file-name)

This way UNIX will not trip over single quotes part of the filename. I think this would also work on Win32.

Lutz

ps: both {,} and [text],[/text] suppress escape character processing inside the string.

[cormullion]

Yes, these changes work OK, as far as I can see. Thanks!