Re: 2.1.17 having issue with ExecResult() using pipelines

[Mark Burgess]

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 15:26 -0600, Paul Krizak wrote:
> So ExecResult throws out shell metacharacters?  I'm confused as to what 
> is the expected "correct" behavior so I don't get burned next time I 
> need to upgrade.  For example, we've got commands like this:

No. It doesn't throw out anyhing. It simply doesn't understand them
because there is no shell. 

In Unix you can execute a process in two ways: directly by asking the
kernel to start a process based on a certain program, or indirctly by
asking it to start a /bin/ssh image and execute the task as a subprogram
of that.  The latter has several advantages (ability to use the shell to
parse arguments and use pipes etc) and disadvantages (security issues,
hidden assumptions).

M