shellQuote

fun shellQuote(unquotedString: String): String

Quotes a string so that the shell (/bin/sh) will interpret the quoted string to mean @unquoted_string.

If you pass a filename to the shell, for example, you should first quote it with this function.

The return value must be freed with g_free().

The quoting style used is undefined (single or double quotes may be used).

Return

quoted string

Parameters

unquotedString

a literal string