package instructions import ( "fmt" "path/filepath" "regexp" "strings" ) func errNotJSON(command, original string) error { // For Windows users, give a hint if it looks like it might contain // a path which hasn't been escaped such as ["c:\windows\system32\prog.exe", "-param"], // as JSON must be escaped. Unfortunate... // // Specifically looking for quote-driveletter-colon-backslash, there's no // double backslash and a [] pair. No, this is not perfect, but it doesn't // have to be. It's simply a hint to make life a little easier. extra := "" original = filepath.FromSlash(strings.ToLower(strings.Replace(strings.ToLower(original), strings.ToLower(command)+" ", "", -1))) if len(regexp.MustCompile(`"[a-z]:\\.*`).FindStringSubmatch(original)) > 0 && !strings.Contains(original, `\\`) && strings.Contains(original, "[") && strings.Contains(original, "]") { extra = fmt.Sprintf(`. It looks like '%s' includes a file path without an escaped back-slash. JSON requires back-slashes to be escaped such as ["c:\\path\\to\\file.exe", "/parameter"]`, original) } return fmt.Errorf("%s requires the arguments to be in JSON form%s", command, extra) }