On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 18:01 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I guess I was asking in general how you can be sure your variables are > safe. > > Maybe it is more complicated than that? I really have just heard > warnings from > > everyone, so I was taking pre-emptive measures. > > > > I tried a few things myself too and also could not get that problem. > > > > I tried making a file called test and doing things like > Nevere, uss an internal commande an object called test in a shell script. test is an internal test command. In fact never name any file in Linux,test. > > K="$1" > > echo $K > > > > > > and then calling > > > > test "hello\";date" > > > > a nd > > FIL="$1" > > ls $FIL > > > > but that seemed to be OK > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ======================================================================= Rincewind looked down at him and grinned slowly. It was a wide, manic, and utterly humourless rictus. It was the sort of grin that is normally accompanied by small riverside birds wandering in and out, picking scraps out of the teeth. -- Terry Pratchett, "The Lure of the Wyrm" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx