updated for version 7.3.447

Problem:    Win32: External commands with "start" do not work.
Solution:   Unescape part of the command. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)

src/os_win32.c

@@ -258,6 +258,29 @@ get_exe_name(void)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Unescape characters in "p" that appear in "escaped".
+ */
+    static void
+unescape_shellxquote(char_u *p, char_u *escaped)
+{
+    int	    l = STRLEN(p);
+    int	    n;
+
+    while (*p != NUL)
+    {
+	if (*p == '^' && vim_strchr(escaped, p[1]) != NULL)
+	    mch_memmove(p, p + 1, l--);
+#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
+	n = (*mb_ptr2len)(p);
+#else
+	n = 1;
+#endif
+	p += n;
+	l -= n;
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Load library "name".
  */
@@ -3559,6 +3582,7 @@ mch_system_piped(char *cmd, int options)
     garray_T	ga;
     int	    delay = 1;
     DWORD	buffer_off = 0;	/* valid bytes in buffer[] */
+    char	*p = NULL;
 
     SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr;
 
@@ -3599,9 +3623,18 @@ mch_system_piped(char *cmd, int options)
     if (options & SHELL_READ)
 	ga_init2(&ga, 1, BUFLEN);
 
+    if (cmd != NULL)
+    {
+	p = (char *)vim_strsave((char_u *)cmd);
+	if (p != NULL)
+	    unescape_shellxquote((char_u *)p, p_sxe);
+	else
+	    p = cmd;
+    }
+
     /* Now, run the command */
     CreateProcess(NULL,			/* Executable name */
-		  cmd,			/* Command to execute */
+		  p,			/* Command to execute */
 		  NULL,			/* Process security attributes */
 		  NULL,			/* Thread security attributes */
 
@@ -3616,6 +3649,8 @@ mch_system_piped(char *cmd, int options)
 		  &si,			/* Startup information */
 		  &pi);			/* Process information */
 
+    if (p != cmd)
+	vim_free(p);
 
     /* Close our unused side of the pipes */
     CloseHandle(g_hChildStd_IN_Rd);
@@ -3898,16 +3933,6 @@ mch_call_shell(
     else
     {
 	/* we use "command" or "cmd" to start the shell; slow but easy */
-	char_u *newcmd;
-	long_u cmdlen =  (
-#ifdef FEAT_GUI_W32
-		(allowPiping && !p_stmp ? 0 : STRLEN(vimrun_path)) +
-#endif
-		STRLEN(p_sh) + STRLEN(p_shcf) + STRLEN(cmd) + 10);
-
-	newcmd = lalloc(cmdlen, TRUE);
-	if (newcmd != NULL)
-	{
 	char_u *cmdbase = cmd;
 
 	/* Skip a leading ", ( and "(. */
@@ -3915,11 +3940,13 @@ mch_call_shell(
 	    ++cmdbase;
 	if (*cmdbase == '(')
 	    ++cmdbase;
+
 	if ((STRNICMP(cmdbase, "start", 5) == 0) && vim_iswhite(cmdbase[5]))
 	{
 	    STARTUPINFO		si;
 	    PROCESS_INFORMATION	pi;
 	    DWORD		flags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
+	    char_u		*p;
 
 	    si.cb = sizeof(si);
 	    si.lpReserved = NULL;
@@ -3954,31 +3981,24 @@ mch_call_shell(
 		si.hStdError = si.hStdInput;
 	    }
 
-		/* When the command is in double quotes, but 'shellxquote' is
-		 * empty, keep the double quotes around the command.
-		 * Otherwise remove the double quotes, they aren't needed
-		 * here, because we don't use a shell to run the command. */
-		if (cmdbase > cmd)
-		{
-		    if (STRNCMP(cmd, p_sxq, cmd - cmdbase) != 0)
-		    {
-			STRCPY(newcmd, cmd);
-		    }
-		    else
-		    {
-			char_u *p;
-
-			STRCPY(newcmd, cmdbase);
 	    /* Remove a trailing ", ) and )" if they have a match
 	     * at the start of the command. */
-			p = newcmd + STRLEN(newcmd);
-			if (p > newcmd && p[-1] == '"' && *cmd == '"')
+	    if (cmdbase > cmd)
+	    {
+		p = cmdbase + STRLEN(cmdbase);
+		if (p > cmdbase && p[-1] == '"' && *cmd == '"')
 		    *--p = NUL;
-			if (p > newcmd && p[-1] == ')'
+		if (p > cmdbase && p[-1] == ')'
 			&& (*cmd =='(' || cmd[1] == '('))
 		    *--p = NUL;
 	    }
-		}
+
+	    /*
+	     * Unescape characters in shellxescape. This is workaround for
+	     * /b option. Only redirect character should be unescaped.
+	     */
+	    unescape_shellxquote(cmdbase,
+			(flags & CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE) ? p_sxe : "<>");
 
 	    /*
 	     * Now, start the command as a process, so that it doesn't
@@ -3986,7 +4006,7 @@ mch_call_shell(
 	     * files if we exit before the spawned process
 	     */
 	    if (CreateProcess(NULL,		// Executable name
-			newcmd,			// Command to execute
+		    cmdbase,			// Command to execute
 		    NULL,			// Process security attributes
 		    NULL,			// Thread security attributes
 		    FALSE,			// Inherit handles
@@ -4014,6 +4034,16 @@ mch_call_shell(
 	}
 	else
 	{
+	    char_u *newcmd;
+	    long_u cmdlen =  (
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI_W32
+		(allowPiping && !p_stmp ? 0 : STRLEN(vimrun_path)) +
+#endif
+		STRLEN(p_sh) + STRLEN(p_shcf) + STRLEN(cmd) + 10);
+
+	    newcmd = lalloc(cmdlen, TRUE);
+	    if (newcmd != NULL)
+	    {
 #if defined(FEAT_GUI_W32)
 		if (need_vimrun_warning)
 		{
@@ -4038,10 +4068,10 @@ mch_call_shell(
 		    vim_snprintf((char *)newcmd, cmdlen, "%s %s %s",
 							   p_sh, p_shcf, cmd);
 		x = mch_system((char *)newcmd, options);
-	    }
 		vim_free(newcmd);
 	    }
 	}
+    }
 
     if (tmode == TMODE_RAW)
 	settmode(TMODE_RAW);	/* set to raw mode */

src/version.c

@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    447,
 /**/
     446,
 /**/