RE: what about a system call to mv?

Well passing user input to system can always be a bit dodgy. You'd better be running that script in taint mode.

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RE: RE: what about a system call to mv? by KM (Priest) on Jun 27, 2000 at 18:11 UTC
Not just in taint mode, but properly untainting (see Untaint.pm, and perlsec), but also calling system in a safe way. Read perlsec (I wish it was named perlsex, since that is what I always seem to type) over to see how to safely make system() calls. Cheers, KM	[reply]