Subject: Re: scp-based drop box
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/11/2001 12:11:16
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	    ssh -l copyuser some.host.com '`ls /etc| Mail bob@there`'

It would write to a file called

    `ls /etc| Mail bob@there`

wouldn't it? After all, the backquotes only appear *after* $1 has been
expanded, at which point there's no more work being done:

    $ x='`echo bar`'
    $ echo "$x"
    `echo bar`

> 	Could also write outside $tapedir using '..'

Mmm...good point. I should probably fail if any slashes or initial
periods are detected.

cjs
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