Subj : Re: ZIP archiver argument quoting? (updated)
To   : g00r00
From : Bj”rn Wiberg
Date : Wed Aug 04 2021 01:02 pm

Hello again, g00r00!

'On 03 Aug 2021, Bj”rn Wiberg said the following...
 BW> Shouldn't these % variables all be quoted? Like:
 BW> 
 BW>     Pack Cmd ³ zip -qj9 "%1" "%2"
 BW>   Unpack Cmd ³ unzip -oqqjC "%1" "%2" -d "%3"
 BW> 
 BW> ...to be on the safe side? It seems to be that way for the other
 BW> archivers.

To answer myself -- no, not for %2 in the Pack Cmd, as Mystic uses wildcards when compressing e.g. the file lists, which would then become verbatim, and zip won't perform any wildcard expansion on its own.

But this should be as OK as possible:

Pack Cmd ³ zip -qj9 "%1" %2
Unpack Cmd ³ unzip -oqqjC "%1" "%2" -d "%3"

Best regards
Bj”rn

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