RE: [PATCH] Quote filename passed to $EDITOR

Why not use a replacement for system that doesn't run through a shell in the
first place, fork()/execve().

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Ulrich Drepper [mailto:drepper@redhat.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:30 AM
To: Sander Striker
Cc: dev@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Quote filename passed to $EDITOR

On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 01:08, Sander Striker wrote:
> No time to commit right now.

> /* Now, run the editor command line. */
> - cmd = apr_psprintf (pool, "%s %s", editor, tmpfile_native);
> + cmd = apr_psprintf (pool, "%s \"%s\"", editor, tmpfile_native);
> sys_err = system (cmd);
> if (sys_err != 0)

Why not use single quotes? The above just opens a hole for environment
variable expansion (unintentional or malicious).

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