On 21:18:47 Nov 15, Garrett Cooper wrote: > A better way would be to quote the string variables, i.e.: > > DIR=`/usr/bin/dirname "$path"` > FILE=`/usr/bin/basename "$path"` > /bin/mkdir -p "$DIR" > touch "$FILE" > > Otherwise dirname and basename will choke on non-escaped characters > (i.e. spaces), mkdir/touch will make funky directories / files, > respectively. > > Just watch out for '$' chars in $path... > > Welcome to the wonderful world of [in]secure shell scripting :). >
Thanks buddy. :) I missed out something obvious. Ever willing to learn. regards, Girish _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
