On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:24:37 -0400 Mike Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ecore_exe will try to avoid using "sh -c" to execute a program if it > can. If the command line contains shell meta characters (defined as > any combination of |&;<>$'\"'*?#) it will use the user's shell to > execute the command, otherwise it will execute it directly. > > Unfortunately this causes a problem if the user's shell is csh/tcsh > and the command line contains a ? character. I noticed this problem > because dEvian's RSS face uses ecore_exe in order to launch a web > browser with the URL as the command line argument, and if the URL > contains a ? ecore_exe will try to use tcsh to execute it, and this > will only work if the ? is escaped with a \. Not even including the > command line between single quotes > > Not really sure what the best way to fix this would be though. The > simple solution of enclosing the command line in single quotes does > not work. I think if the command line is parsed and all meta > characters are escaped it will work with any shell, but I'm too lazy > to implement that. :( Just wanted to report it, I'll probably change > my shell or edit ecore_exe.c to use /bin/sh instead of my shell to > work around it until someone less lazy then myself can fix it. :) I'll take a look at it, see if I can figure out a fix.
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