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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 5 |
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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index e1769074ee5..c903ee3c758 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2711,7 +2711,10 @@ Note: :data and :device are currently not supported on Windows." (declare-function w32-shell-dos-semantics "w32-fns" nil) (defun shell-quote-argument (argument) - "Quote ARGUMENT for passing as argument to an inferior shell." + "Quote ARGUMENT for passing as argument to an inferior shell. + +This function is designed to work with the syntax of your system's +standard shell, and might produce incorrect results with unusual shells." (cond ((eq system-type 'ms-dos) ;; Quote using double quotes, but escape any existing quotes in |