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IPC-System-Simple
Posted on 2010-03-28 16:00:21.984727-07 by lnedad
Clearification of "without the shell" phrase used in module description

In several places in the description section of the IPC-System-Simple page the phrase "without the shell" is used. Does this mean the module's methods do not spawn a new shell or the arguments passed to the methods are escaped to prevent malicious code from running?

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Posted on 2010-03-28 16:25:00.625068-07 by pjf in response to 12600
Re: Clearification of "without the shell" phrase used in module description
"Without the shell" means no shell at all, the command is executed directly. No shell is spawned at all.
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