On Windows invoke plugins using cmd.exe

This will find .bat files as well as .exe.

Only affects the case when plugins are invoked from PATH.

This does not change behaviour when compiled under Cygwin..

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
index 2e5a89ac..5bd3d435 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
@@ -124,14 +124,15 @@ void Subprocess::Start(const string& program, SearchMode search_mode) {
                       << Win32ErrorMessage(GetLastError());
   }
 
-  // CreateProcess() mutates its second parameter.  WTF?
-  char* name_copy = portable_strdup(program.c_str());
+  // Invoking cmd.exe allows for '.bat' files from the path as well as '.exe'.
+  // Using a malloc'ed string because CreateProcess() can mutate its second parameter.  (WTF).
+  char *command_line =  portable_strdup(("cmd.exe /c \"" + program + "\"").c_str());
 
   // Create the process.
   PROCESS_INFORMATION process_info;
 
   if (CreateProcessA((search_mode == SEARCH_PATH) ? NULL : program.c_str(),
-                     (search_mode == SEARCH_PATH) ? name_copy : NULL,
+                     (search_mode == SEARCH_PATH) ? command_line : NULL,
                      NULL,  // process security attributes
                      NULL,  // thread security attributes
                      TRUE,  // inherit handles?
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ void Subprocess::Start(const string& program, SearchMode search_mode) {
 
   CloseHandleOrDie(stdin_pipe_read);
   CloseHandleOrDie(stdout_pipe_write);
-  free(name_copy);
+  free(command_line);
 }
 
 bool Subprocess::Communicate(const Message& input, Message* output,