kitten@gloom.UUCP (Cathy Segedy) (12/28/88)
Hello. Not too long ago I posted my program uns.c in response to the big discussion about shell scripts for unpacking maps. Right after that, I became involved in switching jobs and couldn't follow what was generated from it. However, my fiance kept me up to date, and I finally felt compelled to post again. He was nice enough to set up this temporary account for me until I am established at my new job (sometime after Jan 3, as that is my first day). Anyway, just to add my own comments about the current discussion, I think that the person who suggested putting in checks for slashes to prevent things from being written into other directories is quite right. It hadn't even occured to me! I don't think that anything should be done with shell scripts, and changeroot (I forget the name of that command), since the ENTIRE purpose of me writing that program was to avoid shell scripts. Of course, what everyone else does is up to them. The program is not meant to be smart, so just aborting the unpacking if there is a slash in the file name would be ok. It was made specifically for unpacking maps anyway, and I've never seen a slash in a proper map shar. anyway, that's my opinion of things. (now I can go read news! its been 2 weeks! -- yes, that is withdrawal symptoms!) cathy segedy (formerly decvax!gsg!segedy) currently encore!gloom!kitten by the way, if anyone sent me mail to the old address, it will be answered after my old boss forwards it to me when I get my new account.