Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 07:50:01 -0700 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: bin/683: cron(8) Message-ID: <199508141450.HAA19315@freefall.FreeBSD.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/683; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/683: cron(8) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:42:31 -0400 <<On Sun, 13 Aug 1995 18:17:21 +0200, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> said: > - cron start ever a shell. Use exec if there are no meta chars. This is simply wrong. Programs such as `cron' have no business attempting to parse the command line given to them; that's the job of the shell, AND THE SHELL ONLY. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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