refactor(daemon): extract windows cmd argv helpers

src/daemon/cmd-argv.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseCmdScriptCommandLine, quoteCmdScriptArg } from "./cmd-argv.js";
+
+describe("cmd argv helpers", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "plain",
+    "with space",
+    "safe&whoami",
+    "safe|whoami",
+    "safe<in",
+    "safe>out",
+    "safe^caret",
+    "%TEMP%",
+    "!token!",
+    'he said "hi"',
+  ])("round-trips single arg: %p", (arg) => {
+    const encoded = quoteCmdScriptArg(arg);
+    expect(parseCmdScriptCommandLine(encoded)).toEqual([arg]);
+  });
+
+  it("round-trips mixed command lines", () => {
+    const args = [
+      "node",
+      "gateway.js",
+      "--display-name",
+      "safe&whoami",
+      "--percent",
+      "%TEMP%",
+      "--bang",
+      "!token!",
+      "--quoted",
+      'he said "hi"',
+    ];
+    const encoded = args.map(quoteCmdScriptArg).join(" ");
+    expect(parseCmdScriptCommandLine(encoded)).toEqual(args);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects CR/LF in command arguments", () => {
+    expect(() => quoteCmdScriptArg("bad\narg")).toThrow(/Command argument cannot contain CR or LF/);
+    expect(() => quoteCmdScriptArg("bad\rarg")).toThrow(/Command argument cannot contain CR or LF/);
+  });
+});

src/daemon/cmd-argv.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { splitArgsPreservingQuotes } from "./arg-split.js";
+import { assertNoCmdLineBreak } from "./cmd-set.js";
+
+export function quoteCmdScriptArg(value: string): string {
+  assertNoCmdLineBreak(value, "Command argument");
+  if (!value) {
+    return '""';
+  }
+  const escaped = value.replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/%/g, "%%").replace(/!/g, "^!");
+  if (!/[ \t"&|<>^()%!]/g.test(value)) {
+    return escaped;
+  }
+  return `"${escaped}"`;
+}
+
+export function unescapeCmdScriptArg(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\^!/g, "!").replace(/%%/g, "%");
+}
+
+export function parseCmdScriptCommandLine(value: string): string[] {
+  // Script renderer escapes quotes (`\"`) and cmd expansions (`%%`, `^!`).
+  // Keep all other backslashes literal so Windows drive/UNC paths survive.
+  return splitArgsPreservingQuotes(value, { escapeMode: "backslash-quote-only" }).map(
+    unescapeCmdScriptArg,
+  );
+}

src/daemon/cmd-set.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 export type CmdSetAssignment = { key: string; value: string };
 
+export function assertNoCmdLineBreak(value: string, field: string): void {
+  if (/[\r\n]/.test(value)) {
+    throw new Error(`${field} cannot contain CR or LF in Windows task scripts.`);
+  }
+}
+
 function escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value: string): string {
   return value.replace(/\^/g, "^^").replace(/%/g, "%%").replace(/!/g, "^!").replace(/"/g, '^"');
 }
@@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ export function parseCmdSetAssignment(line: string): CmdSetAssignment | null {
 }
 
 export function renderCmdSetAssignment(key: string, value: string): string {
+  assertNoCmdLineBreak(key, "Environment variable name");
+  assertNoCmdLineBreak(value, "Environment variable value");
   const escapedKey = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(key);
   const escapedValue = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value);
   return `set "${escapedKey}=${escapedValue}"`;

src/daemon/schtasks.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { splitArgsPreservingQuotes } from "./arg-split.js";
-import { parseCmdSetAssignment, renderCmdSetAssignment } from "./cmd-set.js";
+import { parseCmdScriptCommandLine, quoteCmdScriptArg } from "./cmd-argv.js";
+import { assertNoCmdLineBreak, parseCmdSetAssignment, renderCmdSetAssignment } from "./cmd-set.js";
 import { resolveGatewayServiceDescription, resolveGatewayWindowsTaskName } from "./constants.js";
 import { formatLine, writeFormattedLines } from "./output.js";
 import { resolveGatewayStateDir } from "./paths.js";
@@ -36,12 +36,8 @@ export function resolveTaskScriptPath(env: GatewayServiceEnv): string {
   return path.join(stateDir, scriptName);
 }
 
-function assertNoCmdLineBreak(value: string, field: string): void {
-  if (/[\r\n]/.test(value)) {
-    throw new Error(`${field} cannot contain CR or LF in Windows task scripts.`);
-  }
-}
-
+// `/TR` is parsed by schtasks itself, while the generated `gateway.cmd` line is parsed by cmd.exe.
+// Keep their quoting strategies separate so each parser gets the encoding it expects.
 function quoteSchtasksArg(value: string): string {
   if (!/[ \t"]/g.test(value)) {
     return value;
@@ -49,22 +45,6 @@ function quoteSchtasksArg(value: string): string {
   return `"${value.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
 }
 
-function quoteCmdScriptArg(value: string): string {
-  assertNoCmdLineBreak(value, "Command argument");
-  if (!value) {
-    return '""';
-  }
-  const escaped = value.replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/%/g, "%%").replace(/!/g, "^!");
-  if (!/[ \t"&|<>^()%!]/g.test(value)) {
-    return escaped;
-  }
-  return `"${escaped}"`;
-}
-
-function unescapeCmdScriptArg(value: string): string {
-  return value.replace(/\^!/g, "!").replace(/%%/g, "%");
-}
-
 function resolveTaskUser(env: GatewayServiceEnv): string | null {
   const username = env.USERNAME || env.USER || env.LOGNAME;
   if (!username) {
@@ -80,14 +60,6 @@ function resolveTaskUser(env: GatewayServiceEnv): string | null {
   return username;
 }
 
-function parseCommandLine(value: string): string[] {
-  // `buildTaskScript` escapes quotes (`\"`) and cmd expansions (`%%`, `^!`).
-  // Keep all other backslashes literal so drive and UNC paths are preserved.
-  return splitArgsPreservingQuotes(value, { escapeMode: "backslash-quote-only" }).map(
-    unescapeCmdScriptArg,
-  );
-}
-
 export async function readScheduledTaskCommand(
   env: GatewayServiceEnv,
 ): Promise<GatewayServiceCommandConfig | null> {
@@ -127,7 +99,7 @@ export async function readScheduledTaskCommand(
       return null;
     }
     return {
-      programArguments: parseCommandLine(commandLine),
+      programArguments: parseCmdScriptCommandLine(commandLine),
       ...(workingDirectory ? { workingDirectory } : {}),
       ...(Object.keys(environment).length > 0 ? { environment } : {}),
     };
@@ -180,8 +152,6 @@ function buildTaskScript({
       if (!value) {
         continue;
       }
-      assertNoCmdLineBreak(key, "Environment variable name");
-      assertNoCmdLineBreak(value, "Environment variable value");
       lines.push(renderCmdSetAssignment(key, value));
     }
   }