Re: Quoting of *_command arguments

2025-11-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut

On 11.11.25 20:31, Bruce Momjian wrote:

We inconsistently double-quote the "%f" and "%p" arguments of
"archive_command" and "restore_command".  Paths with spaces or special
characters, especially directory names in these cases, would need
double-quotes.

This patch adds double-quotes to all instances.  I can also go the other
way and remove them all, but we should be consistent.


I think %f doesn't need to be quoted because it will only contain 
certain characters, but if we tried to clarify that it would probably be 
too confusing.  It makes sense to nudge people that some quoting is prudent.


Your patch looks good to me.





Re: Quoting of *_command arguments

2025-11-12 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:45:16PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 11.11.25 20:31, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We inconsistently double-quote the "%f" and "%p" arguments of
> > "archive_command" and "restore_command".  Paths with spaces or special
> > characters, especially directory names in these cases, would need
> > double-quotes.
> > 
> > This patch adds double-quotes to all instances.  I can also go the other
> > way and remove them all, but we should be consistent.
> 
> I think %f doesn't need to be quoted because it will only contain certain
> characters, but if we tried to clarify that it would probably be too
> confusing.  It makes sense to nudge people that some quoting is prudent.

Yeah, I did consider your point but you are right --- it is too complex
to quote one and not the other and expect people to understand why.

> Your patch looks good to me.

Thanks.

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