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Re: simple editor required


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: simple editor required
Date: 11 Jun 2003 10:49:51 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50

> I did not know it was possible to have a new line character in a file
> name.  At least I do not think it is possible in DOS or MS Windows.  Is
> it possible to have a new line character in a file name in Gnu Linux /
> Unix?

Sure: anything but \0 and / is allowed.
Newline chars in file names are great to exploit some security holes.
Typically when a cron script does `find /tmp | blabla'.


        Stefan


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