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win: Node.js command prompt fails to set PATH with unescaped & in it #4802

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jvilk opened this issue Jan 21, 2016 · 2 comments
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win: Node.js command prompt fails to set PATH with unescaped & in it #4802

jvilk opened this issue Jan 21, 2016 · 2 comments
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jvilk commented Jan 21, 2016

Given a PATH on Windows with the following directory entry:

...;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Fabric 1.5.4 & MySQL Utilities 1.5.4 1.5\Doctrine extensions for PHP\;...

... Node.js Command Prompt will echo the error:

'MySQL' is not recognized as an external or internal command, operable program or batch file.

Windows Command Prompt parses this path just fine.

Now, a permanent solution (for the user) would be to change the PATH to use quotations around this directory... but I'd argue that paths like these may be more common "in the wild" than we think. It would be ideal to nip it in the bud with a robust solution that mirrors the vanilla Command Prompt's behavior, but I'm not sure if one exists.
@mscdex mscdex added the windows Issues and PRs related to the Windows platform. label Jan 21, 2016
mscdex added a commit to mscdex/io.js that referenced this issue Jan 21, 2016
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tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
5719448 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: nodejs#4802
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mscdex commented Jan 21, 2016

#4804 should fix this.

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jvilk commented Jan 21, 2016

That was fast! I didn't think about quoting the entire thing.

Thanks.

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rvagg pushed a commit that referenced this issue Jan 25, 2016
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tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
386ad7e 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: #4802
PR-URL: #4804
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this issue Feb 17, 2016
@mscdex
tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
da088a1 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: #4802
PR-URL: #4804
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this issue Feb 18, 2016
@mscdex
tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
f898aba 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: #4802
PR-URL: #4804
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this issue Mar 2, 2016
@mscdex
tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
09bbe51 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: #4802
PR-URL: #4804
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
scovetta pushed a commit to scovetta/node that referenced this issue Apr 2, 2016
@mscdex
tools: fix setting path containing an ampersand
40646cf 
This commit fixes an issue with the Node.js command prompt
on Windows where the PATH environment variable would not be
set correctly if the existing PATH contained an '&'.

Fixes: nodejs#4802
PR-URL: nodejs#4804
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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