The name alias occurs because said file has shell meta characters in it,
specifically, the "&". Since according to the RFC, all commands from
the mailcap file are to be passed to /bin/sh, including shell
meta-characters in the filename can cause problems.
Imagine trying to open a file named s
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> The name alias occurs because said file has shell meta characters in it,
> specifically, the "&". Since according to the RFC, all commands from
> the mailcap file are to be passed to /bin/sh, including shell
> meta-characters in the filename can cause problems.
>
> Imagine trying to
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