Re: Cannot change to 'C:\' (root) on Windows

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

>> Can be reproduced in this way:
>>
>> gnuplot> set title 'c:\'
>> gnuplot> show title
>>
>>          title is "c:\\'", offset at ((character units) 0, 0, 0)
>> It seems routine  try_to_get_string()  returns one superfluous ' more.
>
> It has nothing to do with try_to_get_string().
> The behaviour has been there since at least version 3.7
> Backslash is an escape character, and you have escaped the trailing
> single quote. This forces it to be kept in the string.
> What you need to do is to escape the backslash itself,
> and use double quotes:

\ is an escape character in quotes " only, not in '

See:

gnuplot> set title 'c:\tmp'
gnuplot> show title

         title is "c:\\tmp", offset at ((character units) 0, 0, 0)

gnuplot> set title 'c:\'
gnuplot> show title

         title is "c:\\'", offset at ((character units) 0, 0, 0)


In the bug report example, gnuplot mistakenly adds an '


> Does the original problem persist if you use double quotes?

> Can you use the cygwin syntax (forward slash) instead?
> 	cd "c:/"

This works.

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