| separate_arguments |
| ------------------ |
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| Parse space-separated arguments into a semicolon-separated list. |
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| :: |
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| separate_arguments(<var> <UNIX|WINDOWS>_COMMAND "<args>") |
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| Parses a unix- or windows-style command-line string "<args>" and |
| stores a semicolon-separated list of the arguments in ``<var>``. The |
| entire command line must be given in one "<args>" argument. |
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| The ``UNIX_COMMAND`` mode separates arguments by unquoted whitespace. It |
| recognizes both single-quote and double-quote pairs. A backslash |
| escapes the next literal character (``\"`` is ``"``); there are no special |
| escapes (``\n`` is just ``n``). |
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| The ``WINDOWS_COMMAND`` mode parses a windows command-line using the same |
| syntax the runtime library uses to construct argv at startup. It |
| separates arguments by whitespace that is not double-quoted. |
| Backslashes are literal unless they precede double-quotes. See the |
| MSDN article `Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`_ for details. |
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| .. _`Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/a1y7w461.aspx |
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| :: |
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| separate_arguments(<var>) |
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| Convert the value of ``<var>`` to a semi-colon separated list. All |
| spaces are replaced with ';'. This helps with generating command |
| lines. |