[tex-live] Status of restricted \write18 and epstopdf conversion
Akira Kakuto
kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Mon Oct 19 04:47:51 CEST 2009
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
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