The challenge I'm facing is that I need to untaint the 'bad' filename before I'm allowed to move it (actually rename, which in this case moves the file). Well, since it's a 'bad' file, I'm not sure what its name looks like. In fact that's about the only thing I know about the filename, that it doesn't match what I'm looking for.

But, you do know the filename. You have to know the filename in order to know that it doesn't match the pattern you want files in this directory to be named. After that, take AgentM's advice and just move it, unless the directory is world-readable.

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!

In reply to Re: Untainting 'bad' filenames by PsychoSpunk
in thread Untainting 'bad' filenames by doran

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