SysTools

haxe.SysTools (Class)

Static Members

winMetaCharacters: haxe.ds.ReadOnlyArray<Int>

Character codes of the characters that will be escaped by quoteWinArg(_, true).

quoteUnixArg(argument: String): String

Returns a String that can be used as a single command line argument on Unix. The input will be quoted, or escaped if necessary.

Name Type
argument String
Returns
String
quoteWinArg(argument: String, escapeMetaCharacters: Bool): String

Returns a String that can be used as a single command line argument on Windows. The input will be quoted, or escaped if necessary, such that the output will be parsed as a single argument using the rule specified in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms880421

Examples:

quoteWinArg("abc") == "abc";
quoteWinArg("ab c") == '"ab c"';
Name Type
argument String
escapeMetaCharacters Bool
Returns
String