Am I just the overly paranoid one? But IMO doing this can be dangerous. Tainting isn't just for CGIs, and adding a -T to this shows it can be dangerous ($ENV{PATH} issue, since you don't really know what uptime you will end up calling). Again, I may be the overly-paranoid (read safe) one :)
Cheers, Kevin On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:16:49AM -0800, John W. Krahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > Or simply: > > perl -le'print join",",(split/,/,`uptime`)[0..2]' > -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe. -- Frank Zappa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]