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Re: [Nmh-workers] tmp file cleanup

2014-01-19 16:40:18
Lyndon wrote:

I guess $TMP is a Windows thing?  It shouldn't be used on UNIX systems.

It looks like this might have been added just 4 years ago.
Otherwise, I'd be reluctant to remove it.  Earl?

* If MHTMPDIR is not an absolute path, interpret it as relative to the
 MH Path directory.

This is a security breach waiting to happen.  For tempfiles you should
always be specifying an absolute path.  This isn't just an MH issue.

Alright, how about if we adios() if MHTMPDIR contains any ".." ?

David

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