[tex-live] Status of restricted \write18 and epstopdf conversion

[Akira Kakuto]

Alexander Cherepanov wrote:

>
... ...
> The remaining items are only for the case of Windows.
> 
> 5. In tex, special symbols in \write18 are not handled properly, so
> 
>       repstopdf input.eps & echo Pwned
>       repstopdf input.eps | echo Pwned
> 
> works fine;-) Seems \write18 should be switched off entirely on 
> Windows (short of fixing tex binaries).

Did you test those? In restricted mode,
\write18{repstopdf input.eps & echo Pwned}
and
\write18{repstopdf input.eps | echo Pwned}
fail on Windows.
(!!! Error: Unknown option or too many input files)

Thanks,
Akira