From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Mansfield Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:34:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] udev - simpler PROGRAM execution with arguments Message-Id: <20040224173431.B24945@beaverton.ibm.com> List-Id: References: <20040225011944.GA25022@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20040225011944.GA25022@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:19:44AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > While putting the limitations of our PROGRAM execution with arguments in > the man page, I asked myself why we don't simply use a subshell if a space > is found in the PROGRAM key. > It would be possible to use all shell functions like pipe or diversion > and we get rid of the hardcoded argument limit. But now you depend on /bin/sh, is that acceptable? > Pat, is this fine with you? scsi_id without arguments is still called > directly. As promised, I've added a info() for a failing PROGRAM execution. Yes, especially since scsi_id should be called with no arguments. -- Patrick Mansfield ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel