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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp index 1666d28318..25c6b63a77 100644 --- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp +++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp @@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ static QStringList doSplitArgs(const QString &args, QtcProcess::SplitError *err) } /*! - Splits \a args according to system shell word splitting and quoting rules. + Splits \a _args according to system shell word splitting and quoting rules. \section1 Unix The behavior is based on the POSIX shell and bash: \list - \li Whitespace splits tokens - \li The backslash quotes the following character + \li Whitespace splits tokens. + \li The backslash quotes the following character. \li A string enclosed in single quotes is not split. No shell meta characters are interpreted. \li A string enclosed in double quotes is not split. Within the string, @@ -219,17 +219,25 @@ static QStringList doSplitArgs(const QString &args, QtcProcess::SplitError *err) If \a abortOnMeta is \c true, encounters of unhandled meta characters are treated as errors. + If \a err is not NULL, stores a status code at the pointer target. For more + information, see \l SplitError. + + If \env is not NULL, performs variable substitution with the + given environment. + + Returns a list of unquoted words or an empty list if an error occurred. + \section1 Windows The behavior is defined by the Microsoft C runtime: \list - \li Whitespace splits tokens - \li A string enclosed in double quotes is not split + \li Whitespace splits tokens. + \li A string enclosed in double quotes is not split. \list \li 3N double quotes within a quoted string yield N literal quotes. This is not documented on MSDN. \endlist - \li Backslashes have special semantics iff they are followed by a double quote: + \li Backslashes have special semantics if they are followed by a double quote: \list \li 2N backslashes + double quote => N backslashes and begin/end quoting \li 2N+1 backslashes + double quote => N backslashes + literal quote @@ -248,14 +256,6 @@ static QStringList doSplitArgs(const QString &args, QtcProcess::SplitError *err) As the quoting levels are independent from each other and have different semantics, you need a command line like \c{"foo "\^"" bar"} to get \c{foo " bar}. - - \param cmd the command to split - \param abortOnMeta see above - \param err if not NULL, a status code will be stored at the pointer - target, see \l SplitError - \param env if not NULL, perform variable substitution with the - given environment. - \return a list of unquoted words or an empty list if an error occurred */ QStringList QtcProcess::splitArgs(const QString &_args, bool abortOnMeta, SplitError *err, |