Re: BUG: Attachments with names containing parentheses can not be opened

In message <mpro.q497x7000gpz002mc.david-chapman@...>
     David Chapman <david-chapman@...> wrote:

> Darren Salt <listspam@...> wrote:
> 
> > I've recently received some emails with attachments with names
> > containing parentheses. MPro (2.73.6) is unable to handle this. The
> > immediately-visible result is MPro reporting “unable to open”;
> > checking in /tmp/gemini* shows the presence of the file.
> > 
> > Editing the message to remove the parentheses allows the file to be
> > opened via MPro.
> > 
> > This looks to me like a failure to fully mangle the file name so that
> > shell-special characters are properly escaped or substituted for use
> > in a system() call.
> > 
> > Because of how system() works (invocation of /bin/sh – here, that's a
> > symlink whuch points to bash, but I wouldn't like to rely on it being
> > dash or bash), I prefer to use fork()+exec() (in this case, execlp()
> > or execvp()) and avoid any need to do any escaping or susbstitution
> > other than of directory separators.
> > 
> 
> Is that the RiscOS version of MessPro as the latest other platform
> version is 2.72.0.3902 I believe.
> 
> Sorry I can't comment on your problem after saying that, I have not
> experienced it but I've probably never had an attachment containing
> brackets either.

The latest versions are 2.73.6. It's on 'Beta and Archived Downloads',
which might seem nonintuitive.

http://www.intellegit.com/download/

-- 
Fred

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