On 29 February 2012 20:21, Jos van Uden <user@domain.invalid> wrote: > On 29-2-2012 7:06, James Miller wrote: >> >> On 29 February 2012 18:51, jic<cabr...@wrc.xerox.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> I have this program, >>> >>> import std.process : system; >>> import std.stdio; >>> int main(char[][] args) >>> { >>> char[] cmd; >>> >>> for (int i=1;i<args.length;i++) >>> { >>> cmd ~= args[i] ~ " "; >>> } >>> writefln(cmd); >>> return(1); >>> } >>> >>> if I compile it and run it this way, >>> >>> test 1! 2@ 3& 4# >>> >>> the result is > > >> >> If you are on Windows, then I don't know why this is happening. > > > On windows the ampersand also has a special meaning. In that case > try the carrot ^ to escape > > test 1! 2@ 3^& 4# > > Jos >
Today I Learned that windows has insane escaping. -- James Miller