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Article #1370Re: Beware xargs security holes
From: Steve Hayman
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 14:30
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 14:30
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>Yeah. xargs should have a -0 option for taking null-separated filenames
>for its input. find should have a -print0 option for producing similar
>output.
So long as you have to modify "find" anyway to solve this problem, why
not just add "-xargs" option to "find", that would be like the "-exec"
option only using as many file names as possible at once.
find .... -xargs rm {} \;
Seems simpler than modifying two programs.
Steve
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!decwrl!purdue!iuvax!sahayman From: sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Beware xargs security holes Message-ID: <63404@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 9 Oct 90 14:30:35 GMT References: <1990Oct9.060954.25690@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <9365:Oct910:43:4590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Organization: Computer Science Department, Indiana University Lines: 17