Re: tools.c -> strwordtok() and '\' character

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:34:07 +0200
  Serassio Guido <guido.serassio@acmeconsulting.it> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>At 12.18 07/08/2003, Evgeny Kotsuba wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>What is the reason that tools.c -> strwordtok() eats all '\'
>>characters ?
>>
>>With it it is impossible to put in config any path in non-unix
>>notation (like E:\SQ\auth\ncsa_auth.exe)
>>
>>strwordtok comment say /*
>> * Similar to strtok, but has some rudimentary knowledge
>> * of quoting
>> */
>>
>>But as I see this knowledge of quoting is a bit too rudimentary.
>
>I think that You are using a Windows port of Squid, so as You can see
>on SquidNT page or in squid.conf.default, you MUST use the
>"E:/SQ/auth/ncsa_auth.exe" that is supported from ANY Windows
>compiler and API.

I don't know what is Windows.
I dont want "MUST use" backslashes as my system supports both
backslashes and slashes in paths. As well as I hear Windows
compilers and API also support both.

SY,
Evgeny Kotsuba
Received on Thu Aug 07 2003 - 15:01:10 MDT