summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/gnu
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-13 00:11:50 +0000
committerjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-13 00:11:50 +0000
commitcf1ce520a4c86c0221114f9f58890eca22483603 (patch)
tree4c38868b37bcd8e833230a888bbc2f7be0583b2e /gnu
parent8c06f203f55b829fd1a5e49423bb9b1ce9f6a126 (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-cf1ce520a4c86c0221114f9f58890eca22483603.zip
FreeBSD-src-cf1ce520a4c86c0221114f9f58890eca22483603.tar.gz
Fix man so that it does not allow command line arguments to expand when
executing apropos or whatis. This prevents `man -k ';echo foo'` from executing `echo foo` and causes apropos to print an error message instead. Add $FreeBSD$ while I am here. Noticed by: chris
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
index 800a585..8120134 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
* Department of Chemical Engineering
* The University of Texas at Austin
* Austin, Texas 78712
+ *
+ * $FreeBSD$
*/
#define MAN_MAIN
@@ -582,12 +584,12 @@ do_apropos (name)
register int len;
register char *command;
- len = strlen (APROPOS) + strlen (name) + 2;
+ len = strlen (APROPOS) + strlen (name) + 4;
if ((command = (char *) malloc(len)) == NULL)
gripe_alloc (len, "command");
- sprintf (command, "%s %s", APROPOS, name);
+ sprintf (command, "%s \"%s\"", APROPOS, name);
(void) do_system_command (command);
@@ -604,12 +606,12 @@ do_whatis (name)
register int len;
register char *command;
- len = strlen (WHATIS) + strlen (name) + 2;
+ len = strlen (WHATIS) + strlen (name) + 4;
if ((command = (char *) malloc(len)) == NULL)
gripe_alloc (len, "command");
- sprintf (command, "%s %s", WHATIS, name);
+ sprintf (command, "%s \"%s\"", WHATIS, name);
(void) do_system_command (command);
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud