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# CPAN::HandleConfig

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# CPAN::HandleConfig

- NAME
  - CLASS->safe_quote ITEM
- LICENSE

# NAME

CPAN::HandleConfig - internal configuration handling for CPAN.pm

## `CLASS->safe_quote ITEM`

Quotes an item to become safe against spaces in shell interpolation. An item is enclosed in double quotes if:

      - the item contains spaces in the middle  - the item does not start with a quote

This happens to avoid shell interpolation problems when whitespace is present in directory names.

This method uses `commands_quote` to determine the correct quote. If `commands_quote` is a space, no quoting will take place.

if it starts and ends with the same quote character: leave it as it is

if it contains no whitespace: leave it as it is

if it contains whitespace, then

if it contains quotes: better leave it as it is

else: quote it with the correct quote type for the box we're on

# LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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