print with ampersand (&) in path or name

[Gregory White]

>> version

ans = 4.2.2

 

The "&" symbol is valid in Windows (w7_64) for filenames or paths. It seems to cause a crash with the print command:

 

plot(0:1,0:1),print("C:/test.eps",'-depsc')     %Octave does not crash/close

plot(0:1,0:1),print("C:/V&V/test.eps",'-depsc') % Octave does crash/close

plot(0:1,0:1),print("C:/V&Vtest.eps",'-depsc')  % Octave does crash /close

 

It doesn't seem to tolerate the "&" symbol in the filename or the path. I did some looking to see if an escape was needed for &, but did not find anything.

 

This works fine, btw:

addpath("C:/V&V/")

 

Am I doing something wrong? I looked into escapes, or whatever needed, for the & symbol, but couldn’t find any reference.