Comments on: Why do CGI scripts and shell scripts fail when they contain carriage returns?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:54:52 +0000

Goll, Agreed and thanks for the comment! I wrote a second article which explains this: On the case of carriage returns and kernel exec system calls

By: goll

goll — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:50:47 +0000

great article, but like Stan said, it would be helpful if you showed us how you found that this is the file

By: On the case of carriage returns and kernel exec function calls

On the case of carriage returns and kernel exec function calls — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:31:32 +0000

[...] I wrote a post titled “Why do CGI scripts and shell scripts fail when they contain carriage returns?” I got a comment and a few emails saying in the words of Stan “I’d be interested in [...]

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:50:54 +0000

Much obliged, sir. I look forward to reading your next post about this.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:29:44 +0000

Also, note that new version of bash try and help you out by adding the ^M to the output of the error if there is a carriage return there. I believe this to be a recent addition.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:25:49 +0000

Stan,

Thats a great idea… I should have done so. I will write it up tonight and post it.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:59:08 +0000

I’d be interested in the process by which you narrowed it down to the exec.c file. You jumped straight to the catch, but I wanted to see the chase.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:52 +0000

So, hopefully, someone will submit this change to the linux “powers-to-be” so they will fix the bug in the kernel, *ahem* I mean, modify the feature-set… ;>)

Dan

By: admin

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:04:57 +0000

I must _really_ be a geek. When typing this up, I realized I missed the LSU vs Ohio State game. Oh well, I learned something new and the team I wanted to win, won!