> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> You can't securely do
> >> echo $PASSWORD | backend
> >> or
> >> echo $PASSWORD > allegedly-secure-temp-file
>
> > This is secure. echo is a shell builtin, and does not invoke a separate
> > process with arguments.
>
> echo is a builtin in ksh and derivatives, but I don't think it's safe
> to assume it is a builtin everywhere...
I believe it is safe. csh and sh have it built in. Does anyone know of
a shell that does not have echo builtin? How do you tell? Not sure.
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