[sf-perl] What language is most like perl?

[Jeff Bragg]

Slight correction:  I meant to say rm -rf /.

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Jeff Bragg <jackofnotrades at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would argue that if you're running your script/application with enough
> privileges for something like rm -rf to work, unless absolutely necessary,
> maybe that's more of a problem than using system() (or backticks, or
> whatever).
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Garth Webb <garth.webb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How is IPC::Run safer than system?  Also he doesn't need
>> to communicate with the script; he just need to run Ruby code, which he is
>> not familiar with, from Perl, which he is familiar with.  IPC::Run seems
>> like overkill for this.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Kevin Frost <biztos at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Try IPC::Run - that system() below is pretty dangerous if you don't
>>> strictly control the vars.
>>>
>>> my $var2 = '; /bin/rm -rf .';
>>>
>>>
>>> -- frosty
>>>
>>> On Aug 16, 2012, at 16:04, Garth Webb <garth.webb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>>   system("script.rb $var1 $var2");
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> --
> There Are More Than Two Ways To Do It
>
>


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There Are More Than Two Ways To Do It
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