From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6186 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 04:02:26 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 May 2005 04:02:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 13025 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 04:02:20 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 04:02:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 29579 invoked by alias); 6 May 2005 04:02:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8779 Received: (qmail 29565 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 04:02:13 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 04:02:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 12077 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 04:02:13 -0000 Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.44) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 04:02:09 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IG10097AV7JNGV6@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Thu, 05 May 2005 23:02:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j46427An031438 for ; Thu, 05 May 2005 21:02:07 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j46427DT031437 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Thu, 05 May 2005 21:02:07 -0700 Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 04:02:07 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Passing parameters completely untouched In-reply-to: To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050506040207.ZM31436@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: Comments: In reply to zzapper "Passing parameters completely untouched" (May 5, 11:02pm) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On May 5, 11:02pm, zzapper wrote: } } I want to be able to pass a string with backquotes w/o them being } interpreted You mean backslashes, apparently, not backquotes? } > convert_path "c:\aaa\fred\file.txt" Use single quotes, man. > convert_path 'c:\aaa\fred\file.txt' (I presume "> " is a zsh prompt and not a Windows "MS-DOS Prompt" prompt. If the latter, you're out of luck.)