[Swift-devel] Problem calling atomic procedure with multiple args via Falkon

[Ioan Raicu]

Mihael Hategan wrote:
>> The problem seems to stem from this arg:
>>
>> -if mol-1M/8269/058269.in|mol-1M/8269/058269.mol2
>>     
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> I'd say the problem stems from improper passing of the arguments by some
> layer somewhere.
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>> The value after the -if arg needs to be in quotes to shield it from the 
>> shell, as falkon takes the string and involves wrapper.sh using 
>> system().
>>     
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> ...presumably by concatenating the arguments into a single string and
> hoping system() will split them correctly. Falkon should use execve().
>
>   
Right... its on the to-do list!
http://bugzilla.globus.org/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=5987

>>  The IFS char "|" is causing the cmd to end there.
>>
>> Its not clear if the arg is not quoted because in other providers its 
>> somehow shielded from shell evaluation, or if Falkon or the deef 
>> provider is pulling off the quotes.
>>
>> Can anyone spot where the problem is?
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