--- winsup/utils/regtool.cc | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/winsup/utils/regtool.cc b/winsup/utils/regtool.cc index a44d90768..ddb1304cd 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/regtool.cc +++ b/winsup/utils/regtool.cc @@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ usage (FILE *where = stderr) " users HKU HKEY_USERS\n" "\n" "If the keyname starts with a forward slash ('/'), the forward slash is used\n" - "as separator and the backslash can be used as escape character.\n"); + "as separator and the backslash can be used as escape character.\n" + "If the keyname starts with /proc/registry{,32,64}/, using forward or backward\n" + "slashes, allowing path completion, that part of the prefix is ignored.\n"); fprintf (where, "" "Example:\n" "%s list '/machine/SOFTWARE/Classes/MIME/Database/Content Type/audio\\/wav'\n\n", prog_name); @@ -350,6 +352,15 @@ find_key (int howmanyparts, REGSAM access, int option = 0) *h = 0; n = e; } + else if (strncmp ("\\proc\\registry", n, strlen ("\\proc\\registry")) == 0) + { + /* skip /proc/registry{,32,64}/ prefix */ + n += strlen ("\\proc\\registry"); + if (strncmp ("64", n, strlen ("64")) == 0) + n += strlen ("64"); + else if (strncmp ("32", n, strlen ("32")) == 0) + n += strlen ("32"); + } while (*n != '\\') n++; *n++ = 0; -- 2.21.0