Incorrect parsing in command line of MC

[AlexJ]

MC - 4.7.0.2
compiled as i686 without subshell
Target OS: FreeBSD (tried on 6.x, 7.x, 8.0)
Run in SSH terminal session via PuTTy.
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Defect:

Attempt to execute command:

date "+%Y-%m-%d T %H:%M:%S"

in the command line of MidnightCommander return result:

# date "+%Y-%m-/root/.mc/cedit T %H:%M:qqq"
2010-03-/root/.mc/cedit T 08:03:qqq

I believe it was evaluated were as a menu script, since %d %S was evaluated as internal MC substitution.

[andrew_b]

Two solutions can be implemented:

• use %% instead of % to escape MC substitutions. In this case user have to write

  date "+%%Y-%%m-/root/.mc/cedit T %%H:%%M:qqq"
  

• use some special symbol (@ for example) as a start symbol of command to disable all MC substitutions in that command:

  @date "+%Y-%m-/root/.mc/cedit T %H:%M:qqq"
  

[andrew_b]

Replying to andrew_b:

Two solutions can be implemented:

• use %% instead of % to escape MC substitutions. In this case user have to write

  date "+%Y-%m-%d T %H:%M:%S"
  

Actually, it's already implemented.

[andrew_b]

Replying to andrew_b:

Actually, it's already implemented.

Sorry, I meant

date "+%%Y-%%m-%%d T %%H:%%M:%%S"

of course.