>>>>> "Ronan" == Ronan KERYELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> On Thu, 3 May 2001 11:00:18 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
rjp> Hi. Here's an idea: One can do a simple change to abc2midi to
rjp> make it derive the midi output file name from the T: field. I
rjp> did it by introducing a new switch --names.
rjp> Those who think it a good idea can figure out how to do it easily
rjp> - 'tis not my program :-)
Ronan> Toward a new kind of virus with T:/etc/passwd or
Ronan> T:C:\NT\... tune title... :-)
Ronan> Well, I'm a bit reluctant to have out of control file name
Ronan> generation...
I don't see anything wrong with having reasonable defaults for
output filenames. The way the C compiler does. If your operating
system lets random users overwrite important files without having
special permissions, any program can work as a virus. And the
reasonable default would be to have
T:/etc/passwd
produce:
/etc/passwd.mid
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