Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the actual date

Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by Too on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:31AM (#37887143)

The reason for avoiding spaces in file names is because of broken bash scripts, that don’t quote their arguments. Meaning about 99 out of 100 of them.

Not that avoiding such names solves the problem, it just makes the RCE vulnerability more latent.

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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by explaininjs on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:56AM (#37887265)

Soundly like space-filled names would be a good best practice to force you to harden your scripts.

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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by _dain_ on Sunday October 15, 2023 @05:06AM (#37888193)

Microsoft deliberately named it "C:\Program Files" for exactly this reason.

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Re:Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the ac... by bmicraft on Sunday October 15, 2023 @08:28PM (#37894677)

That makes a surprising amount of sense actually

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