[glib] Clarify g_spawn_*() behaviour without full path
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib] Clarify g_spawn_*() behaviour without full path
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:10:13 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1435db48baff185660650d46992f1a290a803b9d
Author: Martin Pitt <martin pitt ubuntu com>
Date: Wed Aug 17 08:57:15 2011 +0200
Clarify g_spawn_*() behaviour without full path
Document the previously uncovered case of calling g_spawn_async_with_pipes()
without a full path but no G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH. This runs programs from the
current directory, which might be unexpected and even dangerous in some corner
cases.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656621
glib/gspawn.c | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/glib/gspawn.c b/glib/gspawn.c
index ef1e0e8..3aa6a9b 100644
--- a/glib/gspawn.c
+++ b/glib/gspawn.c
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ g_spawn_sync (const gchar *working_directory,
* course the name of the program to execute. By default, the name of
* the program must be a full path; the <envar>PATH</envar> shell variable
* will only be searched if you pass the %G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH flag.
+ * If the program name is not a full path and %G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH flag is not
+ * used, then the program will be run from the current directory (or
+ * %working_directory, if specified); this might be unexpected or even
+ * dangerous in some cases when the current directory is world-writable.
*
* On Windows, note that all the string or string vector arguments to
* this function and the other g_spawn*() functions are in UTF-8, the
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