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| -rw-r--r-- | src/envstore.c | 8 |
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diff --git a/src/envstore.c b/src/envstore.c index 7cb1f68..5ca1eec 100644 --- a/src/envstore.c +++ b/src/envstore.c @@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ static FILE * store_open_new(char *file) { } +/* + * A little note on shell quoting: + * ' at beginning and end do most of the job for us, except when we have a ' + * inside the quoted value. It can't be escaped directly, so we end the quote + * (with a ') and then add an escaped '. Possible ways are \' and "'" (in this + * case, the latter is used). Afterwards another normal ' is added and the + * quoted string continues. + */ static inline void print_escaped(char *name, char *content) { unsigned int i; |