[TC11.02] `Compare By Content` does not respect `'` characters in paths

[andry81]

If set into "wincmd.ini":

[Configuration]
CompareTool=...\Araxis Merge\Compare.exe

Then use `Compare By Content...` on files with `'` in paths like:

...\YYYY'MM'DD_HH'mm'ss''NNN\...

The the Araxis Merge tries to open truncated unexisted path:

...\YYYYMMDD_HHmmssNNN\...

[Sir_SiLvA]

The the Araxis Merge tries to open truncated unexisted path:

And you post a Araxis Merge bug on the TC forum, beause...

[Dalai]

2andry81
Please check in Process Explorer or Process Hacker which path exactly the CompareTool command is launched with, and check if that matches the value from wincmd.ini.

It could also be worth checking out if older TC versions (e.g. 10.52) exhibit the same behavior.

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

I tried using comp.exe as external compare tool - here I can see the paths passed from TC to the program in the DOS console - and a path like YYYY'MM'DD_HH'mm'ss''NNN is passed unaltered from TC to comp.exe. See: https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/comparepath.png

So it is obviously a problem in Araxis Merge and not in TC.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, you will have to contact the developers of Araxis Merge to fix this. It probably expects the path in double quotes, but this is not a requirtement when it contains single quotes.

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