On Sunday 08 December 2002 11:35, Mantia Andras wrote:
> On 2002. December 08., Sunday 12:11, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 December 2002 11:01, Andras Mantia wrote:
> > >    QString args = arguments();
> > > +  if (!args.isEmpty())
> > > +     args = KProcess::quote(args);
> >
> > Are you sure that is correct? The name suggests that you can have
> > multiple arguments (like what?) but if you quote them they will be
> > interpreted as a single argument.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Waldo
>
> Yes, you are right, and it breaks when you specify multiple arguments, but
> it does not always work even with one argument!
> KProcess::quote("~/dir/foo") returns  '~/dir/foo', which is not good for
> apps. I've tried it with kompare and cat.
>
> andris@stein:~/cvs-developement/head/quanta> cat '~/.kderc'
> cat: ~/.kderc: No such file or directory
>
> Is this the desired behaviour of KProcess:quote()?

Yes, ~ is interpreted by the shell and expanded to your home dir, pretty much 
like ${HOME}. Quoting it disables that.

If such arguments are provided by the user and constructs like ~/.kderc are 
still supposed to work, then I would just leave it unquoted. 


Cheers,
Waldo
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