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+/* This is a kludge to get around the Microsoft C spawn functions' propensity
+ to remove the outermost set of double quotes from all arguements. */
+
+
+#define index(s,c) strchr((s),(c))
+
+extern char *xmalloc ();
+
+const char * const *
+fix_argv (argv)
+ char **argv;
+{
+ static char sh_chars[] = "\"";
+
+ int i, len;
+ char *new_argv;
+ char *p, *ap;
+
+ for (i=1; argv[i]; i++)
+ {
+
+ len = strlen (argv[i]);
+ new_argv = xmalloc (2*len+3);
+ ap = new_argv;
+ *ap++ = '"';
+
+ for (p = argv[i]; *p != '\0'; ++p)
+ {
+ if (index (sh_chars, *p) != 0)
+ *ap++ = '\\';
+ *ap++ = *p;
+ }
+ *ap++ = '"';
+ *ap = '\0';
+ argv[i] = new_argv;
+ }
+
+ return (const char * const *) argv;
+}
+
+int spawnv (mode, cmdname, argv)
+ int mode;
+ const char *cmdname;
+ char **argv;
+{
+ _spawnv (mode, cmdname, fix_argv (argv));
+}
+
+int spawnvp (mode, cmdname, argv)
+ int mode;
+ const char *cmdname;
+ char **argv;
+{
+ _spawnvp (mode, cmdname, fix_argv (argv));
+}
+
+int spawnve (mode, cmdname, argv, envp)
+ int mode;
+ const char *cmdname;
+ char **argv;
+ const char *const *envp;
+{
+ _spawnve (mode, cmdname, fix_argv (argv), envp);
+}
+
+int spawnvpe (mode, cmdname, argv, envp)
+ int mode;
+ const char *cmdname;
+ char **argv;
+ const char *const *envp;
+{
+ _spawnvpe (mode, cmdname, fix_argv (argv), envp);
+}