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  Re: Critic my module Schneider <js@globe.de> - 2013-07-29 12:58 +0200

#51431 — Re: Critic my module

Hi,

lets uses the ls example:
the way you do it now implies, that you search your PATH variable until 
it finds a
program called 'ls'. So if we are able to change the PATH variable, and 
put out own
'ls' somewhere in the (new) paths, calling you ls() will execute 
whatever we want our
own  ls' to do.

Second remark: if the behavior of some tools is changed (for examples 
with using aliases)
we cannot expect the called tool (in the example: 'ls') to give the same 
output on
every system.

this can be avoided (mostly) by ensuring that the right program (in the 
example /bin/ls) is called, and not only ls.

bg,
Johannes

On 07/26/2013 12:39 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
>
> On 07/25/2013 09:58 AM, Schneider wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> nice idea.
>>
>> mybe -  for security reasons - you should ensure, that the right tool 
>> is called and not some tool put the path with the same name.
>>
>> bg,
>> Johannes
>>
>> Devyn Collier Johnson <devyncjohnson@gmail.com>On Thu 25 Jul 2013 
>> 03:24:30 PM CEST, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
>>> Aloha Python Users!
>>>
>>>    I made a Python3 module that allows users to use certain Linux
>>> shell commands from Python3 more easily than using os.system(),
>>> subprocess.Popen(), or subprocess.getoutput(). This module (once
>>> placed with the other modules) can be used like this
>>>
>>> import boash; boash.ls()
>>>
>>>    I attached the module. I plan to release it on the Internet soon,
>>> but feel free to use it now. It is licensed under LGPLv3.
>>>
>>>    The name comes from combining "Boa" with "SHell". Notice that the
>>> module's name almost looks like "BASH", a common Linux shell. The Boa
>>> is a constrictor snake. This module makes Unix shells easier to use
>>> via Python3. This brings the system shell closer to the Python shell.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mahalo,
>>>
>>> Devyn Collier Johnson
>>> DevynCJohnson@Gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
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>
> What do you mean by that Schneider?
>
> Mahalo,
>
> Devyn Collier Johnson
> DevynCJohnson@Gmail.com


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