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Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 12:06:36PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
>> DO NOT TRY TO SECOND-GUESS THE USER.
>
> While I absolutely agree with that, I would also add:
>
> DO SENSIBLE THINGS BY DEFAULT.
>
> That is, if the user doesn
On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 12:06:36PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> DO NOT TRY TO SECOND-GUESS THE USER.
While I absolutely agree with that, I would also add:
DO SENSIBLE THINGS BY DEFAULT.
That is, if the user doesn't tell you what to do, try to do the most
common, or the safest, thing. But if t
On 7/6/19 12:34 PM, mick crane wrote:
As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
I've never really thought about giving executable files to anybody but
just recently while I'm gettin
On Sb, 06 iul 19, 20:34:35, mick crane wrote:
> As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I was
> wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
In my opinion one can't possibly anticipate all the ways a software can
be (mis)used,
On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 12:06:36PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
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> DO NOT TRY TO SECOND-GUESS THE USER.
+100
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On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 11:58:21AM +0200, john doe wrote:
> On 7/6/2019 9:34 PM, mick crane wrote:
> > As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
> > was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
> > I've never re
On Du, 07 iul 19, 11:58:21, john doe wrote:
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> Use as part of your directory name a random string:
>
> - Define a variable that holds the directory name with that random string
> - Die if that directory already exist or generate a new name
>
> The name of the directory could have the form:
>
>
john doe (12019-07-07):
> You can never assume that your script will be used the way it should be
> so you need to make it as secure as possible and document the script
> usage with a README file for example (step 1, step 2 ...).
Dissenting opinion:
Unless there is a deliberate attempt at misdire
On 7/6/2019 9:34 PM, mick crane wrote:
> As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
> was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
> I've never really thought about giving executable files to anybody but
> just recently w
On 07/06/2019 02:34 PM, mick crane wrote:
As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files. ...
A starting point would be becoming familiar with "Filesystem Hierarchy
Structure"(FHS).
On 7/07/19 7:34 AM, mick crane wrote:
> As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
> was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
> I've never really thought about giving executable files to anybody but
> just recently w
As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I
was wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files.
I've never really thought about giving executable files to anybody but
just recently while I'm getting my bits of code to work I was think
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