The usttrace uses $*, which expands arguments without preserving their boundaries. This causes arguments that include spaces to be mangled:
[0] "echo" [1] "hello world" becomes: [0] "echo" [1] "hello" [2] "world" Use "$@" instead so that argument boundaries are preserved. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> --- usttrace | 7 ++----- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usttrace b/usttrace index e76dae7..d1a6e5f 100755 --- a/usttrace +++ b/usttrace @@ -85,16 +85,13 @@ if [ -n "$where" ]; then exit 0 fi -# Prepare vars -CMD=$* - # Validate input if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then error "no home specified" fi -if [ -z "$CMD" ]; +if [ -z "$*" ]; then error "no command specified" usage; @@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ fi fi # Execute the command - $CMD 2>&1 + "$@" 2>&1 ) | tee "$OUTDIR/app.log" ## Because of the keepalive mechanism, we're sure that by the time -- 1.7.7.1 _______________________________________________ ltt-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.casi.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ltt-dev
