Re: pgsql: pg_upgrade: quote directory names in delete_old_cluster script

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: pg_upgrade: quote directory names in delete_old_cluster script
Date: 2015-02-16 21:44:35
Message-ID: 20150216214435.GC24298@momjian.us
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On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:02:44PM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 2/11/15 10:06 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > pg_upgrade: quote directory names in delete_old_cluster script
> >
> > This allows the delete script to properly function when special
> > characters appear in directory paths, e.g. spaces.
>
> Wouldn't single quotes be better than double quotes if you want to
> defend against special characters?

I thought of that. Windows only does double-quotes, I think, and I
didn't see any value to doing a platform-specific quoting. Do you?

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