* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-sh-handle-file-truename): Quote the file

name twice due to backticks.  (Bug#17238)

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9a9d422e8b0..2c5b40ef86a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-11  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+        * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-sh-handle-file-truename): Quote the file
+        name twice due to backticks.  (Bug#17238)
+
 2014-04-11  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * term/w32-win.el (x-win-suspend-error):
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 8ff29a8b426..4d0b5ae54d4 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -950,13 +950,15 @@ target of the symlink differ."
           (tramp-message v 4 "Finding true name for `%s'" filename)
           (cond
            ;; Use GNU readlink --canonicalize-missing where available.
+           ;; We must quote the file name twice due to the backticks.
            ((tramp-get-remote-readlink v)
             (setq result
                   (tramp-send-command-and-read
                    v
                    (format "echo \"\\\"`%s --canonicalize-missing %s`\\\"\""
                            (tramp-get-remote-readlink v)
-                           (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)))))
+                           (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+                            (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname))))))
 
            ;; Use Perl implementation.
            ((and (tramp-get-remote-perl v)