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#
# Run a command with extreme prejudice and make sure it finishes.
#
#
# version 1, Mon Mar 20 14:09:35 1995, last mod by wietse
#
require 'config/paths.pl';
require 'perl/status.pl';
sub bad_cmd {
local($command) = @_;
return ($command =~ /[^-_ ,a-zA-Z0-9:.!\/]/);
}
sub open_cmd {
local($handle, $timeout, $command) = @_;
local($ret, $shell_cmd);
$shell_cmd = "$TIMEOUT $timeout $command";
if (&bad_cmd($shell_cmd)) {
print "==> NOT RUNNING $shell_cmd (illegal characters)\n";
} elsif ($debug) {
$ret = open($handle, "$shell_cmd 2>/dev/null|");
} else {
$ret = open($handle, "$shell_cmd|");
}
&update_status("$shell_cmd");
print "==> running $shell_cmd\n" if $debug;
return $ret;
}
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