Re: Missed a taint check

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Gunther Birznieks wrote:

> if you do "<$page" for the file to open for reading instead of $page
> by itself, adding a pipe to $page will also no longer work.

> The < overrides the intention of any pipes in the filename strings.

If it's the *first* character in the string.  Camel Book, p192.

73,
Ged.