Re: run-parts and valid filenames

2001-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Aaron Hall wrote: > So, having done that, I'm curious: why does run-parts have such a narrow > view of a "valid filename". It's there for a reason, else why write the > validation code? Because it's very bad to have it run files like: foo.dpkg-old foo.dpkg-new foo~ .foo.swp All of which may easi

Re: run-parts and valid filenames

2001-10-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > So, having done that, I'm curious: why does run-parts have such a narrow > view of a "valid filename". It's there for a reason, else why write the > validation code? > > I'm just curious, but it would be nice to know. > my guess is that Debian calls the directories to be run by run-parts fo

run-parts and valid filenames

2001-10-26 Thread Aaron Hall
Why does run-parts not like dots in filenames? I'm embarrassed to admit I just spent over half an hour wrangling with the program. Every time I had it run through a directory, it kept skipping a particular file. The filename contained a dot. Now, the manpage for run-parts clearly states that it w