[Cvs-syncmail] [ cvs-syncmail-Patches-618494 ] Enable diffs for unusual filenames

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Patches item #618494, was opened at 2002-10-04 06:46
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Category: None
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Glyn Normington (glyn_normington)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Enable diffs for unusual filenames

Initial Comment:
When using cvs to handle MVS (S/390) PDS members
filenames take the form "XXX.YYY(ZZZ)". syncmail chokes
on these. It sends out mail, but no diffs are included.

The fix is to enclose the filename in single quotes
before passing it to the cvs diff command, thus:

diffcmd = '/usr/bin/cvs -f diff -kk %s -r %s -r %s
\'%s\'' % (
            difftype, oldrev, newrev, file)



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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2003-07-08 16:10

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syncmail is already quoting the filename passed on the
command line, but may be using double quotes if there's a
single quote in the filename (otherwise it uses single quotes).

If adding the quotes worked for you, then you're using a
really old version of syncmail.  Please update to a newer
version from CVS.  If the problem persists, please open a
new report and include the complete and actual filename
that's being used so we can help figure out what's happening.

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