# HG changeset patch
# User Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
# Date 1336527626 -7200
# Node ID 4881110afeb8eb2f027d00d3355b68264c6294d3
# Parent  18d46d47a62ac1a55601bf7a4e1526a2c31e9912
execute, spawn-pipe: Escape '*' characters in arguments on Windows.

* lib/w32spawn.h (SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS): Add the '*' character.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	execute, spawn-pipe: Escape '*' characters in arguments on Windows.
+	* lib/w32spawn.h (SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS): Add the '*' character.
+
 2012-05-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Tests for module 'system-quote'.
diff --git a/lib/w32spawn.h b/lib/w32spawn.h
--- a/lib/w32spawn.h
+++ b/lib/w32spawn.h
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@
        \" -> "
        \\\" -> \"
        \\\\\" -> \\"
+   - '*' characters may get expanded or lead to a failure with error code
+     ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND.
  */
-#define SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS "\"\\ \001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037"
+#define SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS "\"\\ \001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037*"
 #define SHELL_SPACE_CHARS " \001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037"
 static char **
 prepare_spawn (char **argv)