> > Need a perl CGI script that will print to a web page the > contents of a > > directory specified in the program. Basically i need the > > perl program to > > simply call the unix "ls" function, not sure how to > > encorporate this into my > > script though, any ideas? > > system() will work, however you will have to be careful to > not allow input like this in the web page: > > /home/foo/$(rm -rf /*) > /foo/bar`really bad thing` > etc etc > > Read up on "taint" mode, if you want to be super safe. > Luke
Of course, a better solution would be to emulate "ls" by use of the readdir() and stat() functions in perl. Luke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
