syatem command and dummy fields

[Dennis Malen]

I am not clear on where you want me to remove the semi colons.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Vaughan" <wvaughan at steelerubber.com>
To: "filePro" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: syatem command and dummy fields


> Dennis Malen wrote:
>
>>Just want to report that the following works. This opens up a tremendous
>>amount of opportunities to control reports that are to be run and which 
>>can
>>be changed on the fly without entering processing.
>>
>>-------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>>  ~ If:
>>  Then: ba=7;bc=8
>>-------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>>  ~ If:
>>  Then: system "/appl/fp/rreport"<(ba)<"-f"<(bc)<"-v vrab -a -u"
>>
>>
>>
> Also be aware that fields 7 and 8 are now vectors that can get you in
> trouble.
> If someone puts "; evil_command; " in one of those fields, they have
> full access to
> whatever filepro has as well. Delete, change records, logs, etc... at will
>
> You might want to strip those fields of semicolons for auditing purposes.
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