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Re: "openapp AppName.app" versus "openapp ./AppName.app"


From: Fred Kiefer
Subject: Re: "openapp AppName.app" versus "openapp ./AppName.app"
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:28:40 +0100
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On 01.01.2012 06:56, Ivan Vučica wrote:
On Saturday, December 31, 2011, Niels Grewe wrote:


You mean apart from the apparent downside of opening a security hole
that allows somebody to plant a malicious app bundle in the cwd? By the
same rationale, you shouldn't have "." in your PATH, despite of the
minor inconvenience.


Niels,

How realistic is that?

That isn't the question.

If you want openapp to find applications in the current directory, just add "." to your path. If you understand why this isn't a great idea, it is easy for your to live with the inconvenience of typing "openapp ./AppName.app".

Fred



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