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On Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:35:20 Vaeth wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > relying on an external program |
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> The point is that external programs can have all sorts of undesired |
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> side effects. For instance, if an directory is not readable (or |
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> readable but not executable or is on $FILESYSTEM with who-knows-what |
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> permissions or accessability problems) it can cause unexpected |
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> errors which otherwise are treated by "standard" shell behavior: |
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> *This* is why the ls is hackish here, not the readability. |
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and if you had read all my replies, you would see i already pointed out this |
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problem with the original code |
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> but your attack is inappropriate: |
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might want to review the meanings of these words. i said your examples were |
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worse, not better. i didnt say anything about you personally. |
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the rest of your e-mail isnt worth responding to, so i wont bother. as most |
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likely will any follow up to this. |
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-mike |
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