Here is my result for your reference:
*E:\tmp>ls*
*2 2.c echocmd.c echocmd.exe hello.c hello.o*
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*E:\tmp>echocmd "*find*"*
*`echocmd "*find*"'*
*0: `echocmd'*
*1: `*find*'*
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*E:\tmp>echocmd *.c*
*`echocmd *.c'*
*0: `echocmd'*
*1: `2.c'*
*2: `echocmd.c'*
*3: `hello.c'*
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*E:\tmp>echocmd "*.c"*
*`echocmd "*.c"'*
*0: `echocmd'*
*1: `2.c'*
*2: `echocmd.c'*
*3: `hello.c'*
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*E:\tmp>*
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I think quote is not the main problem. The find.exe in your port only works
when "*" is on left side of name:
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E:\tmp>find . -name "*cmd*"
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
E:\tmp>find . -name *cmd*
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
E:\tmp>find . -name *cmd.c
./echocmd.c
E:\tmp>find . -name echo*
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
E:\tmp>find . -name "*cmd.c"
./echocmd.c
E:\tmp>find . -name "echo*"
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
E:\tmp>
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Juanma Barranquero <lek...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:29:23 +0100
> > Cc: sthfrnth <sthfr...@gmail.com>, help-emacs-windows@gnu.org
> >
> > I'm also on W7 (64-bit, like the OP), and I see the problem, too.
>
> You mean, the find.exe from my port doesn't work with quoted
> wildcards?
>
> > > emacs -Q -batch --eval "(princ (directory-files \".\" nil
> \"?*\\.c\\'\"))"
> > >
> > > If quoted arguments work "as I'd expect" (i.e. quotes are removed,
> > > unless escaped by a backslash, in which case the backslash is removed
> > > and the quote stays), then this command should display the list of all
> > > *.c files in the directory where you invoke this command.
> >
> > It displays the list of .c files, as expected:
>
> Then something was wrong with my reasoning... Hm...
>
> If you compile the simple program below, and then type
>
> echocmd "*find*"
>
> what do you see? And what do you see if you type
>
> echocmd *.c
>
> and
>
> echocmd "*.c"
>
> in a directory with C files?
>
> --------------------------- echocmd.c -----------------------
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <windows.h>
>
> int main (int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> int i = 0;
>
> printf ("`%s'\n", GetCommandLine ());
> while (argc--)
> printf ("%d: `%s'\n", i++, *(argv++));
> return 0;
> }
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
