From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Gilmartin Subject: Re: How to pass parameters containig options from variables Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:48:49 -0600 Message-ID: <1C74D9CF-5354-4197-BBF1-F7E9FC1AE681@aim.com> References: <20120925084729.GG17149@bc-bd.org> <20120925132102.GG10707@brutus.ethup.se> <20120925162813.GI17149@bc-bd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from imr-db02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.91.96]:41693 "EHLO imr-db02.mx.aol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755378Ab2IYQ4H (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:56:07 -0400 Received: from mtaout-ma06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.6]) by imr-db02.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 108EE1C00005D for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.49] (97-118-118-31.hlrn.qwest.net [97.118.118.31]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma06.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 8CA79E000440 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:49:34 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20120925162813.GI17149@bc-bd.org> Sender: dash-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: dash@vger.kernel.org To: dash On Sep 25, 2012, at 10:28, bd@bc-bd.org wrote: > >> eval $DAEMON $ARGS should work. > > That did it, thank you. > ... but always beware of "eval" if you don't absolutely control the argument string. A single semicolon and someone owns your process. -- gil