BUG: Fix escaping of more characters on Windows shells.

Source/kwsys/System.c

@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ static int kwsysSystem_Shell__CharNeedsQuotesOnUnix(char c)
           (c == '*') || (c == '^') || (c == '\\'));
 }
 
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int kwsysSystem_Shell__CharNeedsQuotesOnWindows(char c)
+{
+  return ((c == '\'') || (c == '#') || (c == '&') ||
+          (c == '<') || (c == '>') || (c == '|') || (c == '^'));
+}
+
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int kwsysSystem_Shell__CharNeedsQuotes(char c, int isUnix, int flags)
 {
@@ -99,14 +106,10 @@ static int kwsysSystem_Shell__CharNeedsQuotes(char c, int isUnix, int flags)
     }
   else
     {
-    /* On Windows single-quotes must be escaped in some make
-       environments, such as in mingw32-make.  */
-    if(flags & kwsysSystem_Shell_Flag_Make)
+    /* On Windows several special characters need quotes to preserve them.  */
+    if(kwsysSystem_Shell__CharNeedsQuotesOnWindows(c))
       {
-      if(c == '\'')
-        {
-        return 1;
-        }
+      return 1;
       }
     }
   return 0;

Tests/CustomCommand/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -207,14 +207,12 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT gen_redirect.c
 ##############################################################################
 # Test non-trivial command line arguments in custom commands.
 SET(EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS)
-# TODO: Check shell operators < > << >> | 2>&1 1>&2 &> ! &
 SET(CHECK_ARGS
   c:/posix/path
   c:\\windows\\path
   'single-quotes'
   single'quote
   \"double-quotes\"
-  double\"quote
   "\\;semi-colons\\;"
   "semi\\;colon"
   `back-ticks`
@@ -225,15 +223,15 @@ SET(CHECK_ARGS
   {curly}
   {lcurly}
   rcurly}
-  #<angle> # angle-brackets are inconsistent on windows right now
-  #<langle
-  #rangle>
+  <angle>
+  <langle
+  rangle>
   [square]
   [lsquare # these have funny behavior due to special cases for
   rsquare] # windows registry value names in list expansion
   $dollar-signs$
   dollar$sign
-  &ampersands&
+  &ampersands&x # Borland make does not like trailing ampersand
   one&ampersand
   @two-ats@
   one@at
@@ -268,7 +266,6 @@ SET(CHECK_ARGS
   "'single quotes with space'"
   "single'quote with space"
   "\"double-quotes with space\""
-  "double\"quote with space"
   "\\;semi-colons w s\\;"
   "semi\\;colon w s"
   "`back-ticks` w s"
@@ -279,9 +276,9 @@ SET(CHECK_ARGS
   "{curly} w s"
   "{lcurly w s"
   "rcurly} w s"
-  #"<angle> w s" # angle-brackets are inconsistent on windows right now
-  #"<langle w s"
-  #"rangle> w s"
+  "<angle> w s"
+  "<langle w s"
+  "rangle> w s"
   "[square] w s"
   "[lsquare w s" # these have funny behavior due to special cases for
   "rsquare] w s" # windows registry value names in list expansion
@@ -316,15 +313,26 @@ SET(CHECK_ARGS
   "#two-pounds# w s"
   "one#pound w s"
   ~ ` ! @ \# $ % ^ & _ - + = : "\;" \" ' , . ? "(" ")" { } []
-# | < > << >> &> 2>&1 1>&2
-# \\ # Need to test last to avoid ; escape in list.
-#    # Make tools need help when this is the last argument.
   )
 IF(NOT MINGW)
   # *  # MinGW programs on windows always expands the wildcard!
   # /  # MSys make converts a leading slash to the mingw home directory
   LIST(APPEND CHECK_ARGS * /)
 ENDIF(NOT MINGW)
+
+# The windows command shell does not support a double quote by itself:
+#   double\"quote
+# without messing up quoting of arguments following it.
+
+# Make tools need help with escaping a single backslash
+#   \
+# at the end of a command because they think it is a continuation
+# character.
+
+# We now have special cases for shell operators:
+#   | < > << >> &> 2>&1 1>&2
+# to allow custom commands to perform redirection.
+
 FOREACH(arg ${CHECK_ARGS})
   SET(ARG "${arg}")
   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" ARG "${ARG}")