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-rw-r--r-- | libs/pbd/system_exec.cc | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libs/pbd/system_exec.cc b/libs/pbd/system_exec.cc index 29bc11bb3b..0a17cce560 100644 --- a/libs/pbd/system_exec.cc +++ b/libs/pbd/system_exec.cc @@ -249,23 +249,22 @@ SystemExec::format_key_value_parameter (std::string key, std::string value) start_pos += 1; } +#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS + /* SystemExec::make_wargs() adds quotes around the complete argument + * windows uses CreateProcess() with a parameter string + * (and not an array list of separate arguments like Unix) + * so quotes need to be escaped. + */ start_pos = 0; while((start_pos = v1.find("\"", start_pos)) != std::string::npos) { v1.replace(start_pos, 1, "\\\""); start_pos += 2; } +#endif - size_t len = key.length() + v1.length() + 4; + size_t len = key.length() + v1.length() + 2; char *mds = (char*) calloc(len, sizeof(char)); -#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS - /* SystemExec::make_wargs() adds quotes around the complete argument - * windows uses CreateProcess() with a parameter string - * (and not an array list of separate arguments) - */ snprintf(mds, len, "%s=%s", key.c_str(), v1.c_str()); -#else - snprintf(mds, len, "%s=\"%s\"", key.c_str(), v1.c_str()); -#endif return mds; } |