[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000246]: xffm fails on directories which include spaces

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Thu Jul 15 05:13:11 CEST 2004


The following bug has been REOPENED.
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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000246
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Reporter:                   huggie
Handler:                    edscott
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000246
Category:                   xffm
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2004-06-28 09:01 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-07-15 03:13 GMT
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Summary:                    xffm fails on directories which include spaces
Description: 
If you create a directory with a space in it and then try to run a program
by double clicking it, it fails.

e.g. create "foo bar" and put foo.sh in it and try to run it you'll see:
xterm: Can't execvp /home/huggie/foo: No such file or directory

Indeed this is a security bug as if /home/huggie/foo *does* exist then it
will be executed.

Looks like bad quoting to me.
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 huggie - 2004-06-28 09:02 GMT 
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Oh sorry, this is http://bugs.debian.org/256623

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 edscott - 2004-07-15 03:00 GMT 
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Bug not present in 4.1 branch

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 edscott - 2004-07-15 03:05 GMT 
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Upgrade to 4.1.4, or remember that Joe Klemmer said that spaces in paths
are a "bad thing".

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 edscott - 2004-07-15 03:13 GMT 
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Actually, I should read the bug report more carefully. There is also a
problem in 4.1, which will be fixed (today, I hope)



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