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Date:      Wed, 9 Aug 2000 07:11:03 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
Message-ID:  <20000809071103.U65753@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081605290.300-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200008082256.XAA03062@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081605290.300-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
>> How is it vulnerable to files with spaces ?  I have specifically 
>> tested this with filenames containing embedded spaces and ^Hs and the 
>> like.
> 
> Oops, I misread the effect of this line:
> 
> +                       cd "$dir" && ls | while read file
> 
> I assumed the 'read' would just take the next word.

I think this will still break for filenames which either begin or end
with a space, or contain a newline.  Why not just use 'for file in .* *;
do ...; done' which would seem safer?

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Ben Smithurst                 / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D
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