On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Daniel Polombo wrote: > command1 & command2 (eg, cd .. & dir) > > works fine. On some other boxes, though, it only returns 'The parameter is > incorrect'. > > It is unclear to me whether this problem happens only because of the way the > request is made (http://path/to/cmd.exe?/c+command1&command2), or if there are > really different versions of cmd.exe. > > I would assume the former, but I fail to see why it would work on some boxes > and not others, given the same commands and commands separator. I can't really speak to the issue of passing commands through a URL to IIS, but I can comment on the command line behavior in general. To say that the MS command line environment is inconsistent is an understatement. I discovered years ago that the MS command line interpreters are not implemented in the shell as they are in UNIX -- instead, they are implemented in each command which causes inconsistent behavior among commands (and among versions of commands). For example: Using 'dir' to test wildcard expressions before use will have different results than the same wildcard expressions used with the 'del' command. Tough lesson to learn. --Rebecca Kastl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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