At 8:31 PM -0700 10/25/05, jdow wrote: >From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> ... >> something like >> >> while 1 >> do >> readline <read the command input line> >> <put the values read into VARS here> >> myprog $VARS <call your program while passing the values read> >> <reset VARS here> >> done > >That might work, until the user hits ^C. So that would have to be trapped, >as you say. And once the user figures out $VARS is magic the rest is >history. This could prove the concept and give yourself an "adventure >shell" experience. But if it's supposed to be a security tool I would >write my own very limited shell. As the command will executed by myprog and therefore in a different process, changes made to the environment (and the $VARS in it) will not have any affect on the pseudoshell loop or on what is passed to myprog. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
