Bug#355627: passing the filename to shell via environment variable

2006-09-08 Thread Brian White
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

Bug#355627: passing the filename to shell via environment variable

2006-09-08 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
Hello, > 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