Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:48:39 -0500
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Quoting of *_command arguments
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:45:16PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 11.11.25 20:31, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We inconsistently double-quote the "%f" and "%p" arguments of
> > "archive_command" and "restore_command".  Paths with spaces or special
> > characters, especially directory names in these cases, would need
> > double-quotes.
> > 
> > This patch adds double-quotes to all instances.  I can also go the other
> > way and remove them all, but we should be consistent.
> 
> I think %f doesn't need to be quoted because it will only contain certain
> characters, but if we tried to clarify that it would probably be too
> confusing.  It makes sense to nudge people that some quoting is prudent.

Yeah, I did consider your point but you are right --- it is too complex
to quote one and not the other and expect people to understand why.

> Your patch looks good to me.

Thanks.

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