hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> ...
> Is it possible, and is there a security issue related to providing a means to
> create a subdirectory in a write-permitted directory?
>
> #write creates a file.  Can we create a directory by a similar means?
> Just something to think about.

have been thinking about (wishing for) for a 'system()' type function for a long
time.  but reading the above made me realise that a modified '#fopen' which
supports command pipelines, aided by a new OPEN_TYPE for r/w access could do
"everything" anyway.  then we could write, eg:

#fopen FP "| program" rdwr

to communicate with 'program', making creating a directory, all sorts of stuff,
easy and convenient.  for instance write some calculated parameters to 'program'
and read back new, derived values.


regards, jr.

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