separate_arguments ------------------ Parse space-separated arguments into a semicolon-separated list. :: separate_arguments( _COMMAND "") Parses a unix- or windows-style command-line string "" and stores a semicolon-separated list of the arguments in ````. The entire command line must be given in one "" argument. The ``UNIX_COMMAND`` mode separates arguments by unquoted whitespace. It recognizes both single-quote and double-quote pairs. A backslash escapes the next literal character (``\"`` is ``"``); there are no special escapes (``\n`` is just ``n``). The ``WINDOWS_COMMAND`` mode parses a windows command-line using the same syntax the runtime library uses to construct argv at startup. It separates arguments by whitespace that is not double-quoted. Backslashes are literal unless they precede double-quotes. See the MSDN article `Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`_ for details. .. _`Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/a1y7w461.aspx :: separate_arguments() Convert the value of ```` to a semi-colon separated list. All spaces are replaced with ';'. This helps with generating command lines.