On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 08:42:47AM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > > >> $ cat redirect.sh > >> #! /bin/sh > >> exec $1 > $2 > >> > >> > >> \converter tiff eps "sh $$s/redirect.sh('tiff2ps $$i' $$o)" "" > > > > That's as insecure as the original solution, isn't it? > > It doesn't seem so... > > for instance a && in $1 or $2 won't be interpreted if I'm not mistaken. But > as I've said, I'm no expert.
I am neither. But doesn't the 'exec' start a new round of argument expansion? Hm... well, maybe I am mixing this up with Tcl. Andre'