On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Chas. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > > [stuff about how two arg open is more dangerous than three arg open > > > And that means you were lucky. If the $file contained something like > > > "|rm -rf /" or "rm -rf / |" ... > > snip > > > > Nah, you would be lucky if that were the case: / isn't a valid POSIX > > filename character. > > Why do you think it matters? And | is a valid POSIX filename snip
Hmm, you are right. I was an idiot there. I was assuming the file was coming off disk (but named in a way to cause problems for the processing program), but $file could come from anywhere. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
