Unescaped command-line arguments for Windows

library/std/src/os/windows/process.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #![stable(feature = "process_extensions", since = "1.2.0")]
 
+use crate::ffi::OsStr;
 use crate::os::windows::io::{AsRawHandle, FromRawHandle, IntoRawHandle, RawHandle};
 use crate::process;
 use crate::sealed::Sealed;
@@ -125,6 +126,13 @@ pub trait CommandExt: Sealed {
     /// [2]: <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17w5ykft.aspx>
     #[unstable(feature = "windows_process_extensions_force_quotes", issue = "82227")]
     fn force_quotes(&mut self, enabled: bool) -> &mut process::Command;
+
+    /// Append literal text to the command line without any quoting or escaping.
+    ///
+    /// This is useful for passing arguments to `cmd.exe /c`, which doesn't follow
+    /// `CommandLineToArgvW` escaping rules.
+    #[unstable(feature = "windows_process_extensions_raw_arg", issue = "29494")]
+    fn raw_arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, text_to_append_as_is: S) -> &mut process::Command;
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "windows_process_extensions", since = "1.16.0")]
@@ -138,4 +146,9 @@ impl CommandExt for process::Command {
         self.as_inner_mut().force_quotes(enabled);
         self
     }
+
+    fn raw_arg<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, raw_text: S) -> &mut process::Command {
+        self.as_inner_mut().raw_arg(raw_text.as_ref());
+        self
+    }
 }

library/std/src/sys/windows/process.rs

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fn ensure_no_nuls<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(str: T) -> io::Result<T> {
 
 pub struct Command {
     program: OsString,
-    args: Vec<OsString>,
+    args: Vec<Arg>,
     env: CommandEnv,
     cwd: Option<OsString>,
     flags: u32,
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ pub struct StdioPipes {
     pub stderr: Option<AnonPipe>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Arg {
+    /// Add quotes (if needed)
+    Regular(OsString),
+    /// Append raw string without quoting
+    Raw(OsString),
+}
+
 impl Command {
     pub fn new(program: &OsStr) -> Command {
         Command {
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ impl Command {
     }
 
     pub fn arg(&mut self, arg: &OsStr) {
-        self.args.push(arg.to_os_string())
+        self.args.push(Arg::Regular(arg.to_os_string()))
     }
     pub fn env_mut(&mut self) -> &mut CommandEnv {
         &mut self.env
@@ -203,6 +211,10 @@ impl Command {
         self.force_quotes_enabled = enabled;
     }
 
+    pub fn raw_arg(&mut self, command_str_to_append: &OsStr) {
+        self.args.push(Arg::Raw(command_str_to_append.to_os_string()))
+    }
+
     pub fn get_program(&self) -> &OsStr {
         &self.program
     }
@@ -315,9 +327,13 @@ impl Command {
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Command {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{:?}", self.program)?;
+        self.program.fmt(f)?;
         for arg in &self.args {
-            write!(f, " {:?}", arg)?;
+            f.write_str(" ")?;
+            match arg {
+                Arg::Regular(s) => s.fmt(f),
+                Arg::Raw(s) => f.write_str(&s.to_string_lossy()),
+            }?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -536,44 +552,63 @@ fn zeroed_process_information() -> c::PROCESS_INFORMATION {
     }
 }
 
+enum Quote {
+    // Every arg is quoted
+    Always,
+    // Whitespace and empty args are quoted
+    Auto,
+    // Arg appended without any changes (#29494)
+    Never,
+}
+
 // Produces a wide string *without terminating null*; returns an error if
 // `prog` or any of the `args` contain a nul.
-fn make_command_line(prog: &OsStr, args: &[OsString], force_quotes: bool) -> io::Result<Vec<u16>> {
+fn make_command_line(prog: &OsStr, args: &[Arg], force_quotes: bool) -> io::Result<Vec<u16>> {
     // Encode the command and arguments in a command line string such
     // that the spawned process may recover them using CommandLineToArgvW.
     let mut cmd: Vec<u16> = Vec::new();
     // Always quote the program name so CreateProcess doesn't interpret args as
     // part of the name if the binary wasn't found first time.
-    append_arg(&mut cmd, prog, true)?;
+    append_arg(&mut cmd, prog, Quote::Always)?;
     for arg in args {
         cmd.push(' ' as u16);
-        append_arg(&mut cmd, arg, force_quotes)?;
+        let (arg, quote) = match arg {
+            Arg::Regular(arg) => (arg, if force_quotes { Quote::Always } else { Quote::Auto }),
+            Arg::Raw(arg) => (arg, Quote::Never),
+        };
+        append_arg(&mut cmd, arg, quote)?;
     }
     return Ok(cmd);
 
-    fn append_arg(cmd: &mut Vec<u16>, arg: &OsStr, force_quotes: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
+    fn append_arg(cmd: &mut Vec<u16>, arg: &OsStr, quote: Quote) -> io::Result<()> {
         // If an argument has 0 characters then we need to quote it to ensure
         // that it actually gets passed through on the command line or otherwise
         // it will be dropped entirely when parsed on the other end.
         ensure_no_nuls(arg)?;
         let arg_bytes = &arg.as_inner().inner.as_inner();
-        let quote = force_quotes
-            || arg_bytes.iter().any(|c| *c == b' ' || *c == b'\t')
-            || arg_bytes.is_empty();
+        let (quote, escape) = match quote {
+            Quote::Always => (true, true),
+            Quote::Auto => {
+                (arg_bytes.iter().any(|c| *c == b' ' || *c == b'\t') || arg_bytes.is_empty(), true)
+            }
+            Quote::Never => (false, false),
+        };
         if quote {
             cmd.push('"' as u16);
         }
 
         let mut backslashes: usize = 0;
         for x in arg.encode_wide() {
-            if x == '\\' as u16 {
-                backslashes += 1;
-            } else {
-                if x == '"' as u16 {
-                    // Add n+1 backslashes to total 2n+1 before internal '"'.
-                    cmd.extend((0..=backslashes).map(|_| '\\' as u16));
+            if escape {
+                if x == '\\' as u16 {
+                    backslashes += 1;
+                } else {
+                    if x == '"' as u16 {
+                        // Add n+1 backslashes to total 2n+1 before internal '"'.
+                        cmd.extend((0..=backslashes).map(|_| '\\' as u16));
+                    }
+                    backslashes = 0;
                 }
-                backslashes = 0;
             }
             cmd.push(x);
         }
@@ -626,13 +661,15 @@ fn make_dirp(d: Option<&OsString>) -> io::Result<(*const u16, Vec<u16>)> {
 }
 
 pub struct CommandArgs<'a> {
-    iter: crate::slice::Iter<'a, OsString>,
+    iter: crate::slice::Iter<'a, Arg>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Iterator for CommandArgs<'a> {
     type Item = &'a OsStr;
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'a OsStr> {
-        self.iter.next().map(|s| s.as_ref())
+        self.iter.next().map(|arg| match arg {
+            Arg::Regular(s) | Arg::Raw(s) => s.as_ref(),
+        })
     }
     fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
         self.iter.size_hint()

library/std/src/sys/windows/process/tests.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,35 @@
 use super::make_command_line;
+use super::Arg;
 use crate::env;
 use crate::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use crate::process::Command;
 
+#[test]
+fn test_raw_args() {
+    let command_line = &make_command_line(
+        OsStr::new("quoted exe"),
+        &[
+            Arg::Regular(OsString::from("quote me")),
+            Arg::Raw(OsString::from("quote me *not*")),
+            Arg::Raw(OsString::from("\t\\")),
+            Arg::Raw(OsString::from("internal \\\"backslash-\"quote")),
+            Arg::Regular(OsString::from("optional-quotes")),
+        ],
+        false,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        String::from_utf16(command_line).unwrap(),
+        "\"quoted exe\" \"quote me\" quote me *not* \t\\ internal \\\"backslash-\"quote optional-quotes"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_make_command_line() {
     fn test_wrapper(prog: &str, args: &[&str], force_quotes: bool) -> String {
         let command_line = &make_command_line(
             OsStr::new(prog),
-            &args.iter().map(|a| OsString::from(a)).collect::<Vec<OsString>>(),
+            &args.iter().map(|a| Arg::Regular(OsString::from(a))).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             force_quotes,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -17,6 +38,11 @@ fn test_make_command_line() {
 
     assert_eq!(test_wrapper("prog", &["aaa", "bbb", "ccc"], false), "\"prog\" aaa bbb ccc");
 
+    assert_eq!(test_wrapper("prog", &[r"C:\"], false), r#""prog" C:\"#);
+    assert_eq!(test_wrapper("prog", &[r"2slashes\\"], false), r#""prog" 2slashes\\"#);
+    assert_eq!(test_wrapper("prog", &[r" C:\"], false), r#""prog" " C:\\""#);
+    assert_eq!(test_wrapper("prog", &[r" 2slashes\\"], false), r#""prog" " 2slashes\\\\""#);
+
     assert_eq!(
         test_wrapper("C:\\Program Files\\blah\\blah.exe", &["aaa"], false),
         "\"C:\\Program Files\\blah\\blah.exe\" aaa"