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Bug #10140

Failure to specify option argument can lead to overwritten input files

Added by Kyle Knoepfel almost 5 years ago. Updated almost 5 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
High
Assignee:
-
Category:
Application
Target version:
-
Start date:
09/14/2015
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Scope:
Internal
Experiment:
-
SSI Package:
art
Duration:

Description

If I have two root files:

file1.root
file2.root

and suppose I want to just dump the configuration of a process that would merge the files. If I type:

art -c config.fcl --debug-config file1.root file2.root

that is equivalent to:

art -c config.fcl --debug-config=file1.root -s file2.root

thus overwriting file1.root with a text printout of the job configuration.

History

#1 Updated by Christopher Green almost 5 years ago

  • Category set to Application
  • Status changed from New to Rejected
  • SSI Package art added
  • SSI Package deleted ()

When the command line system was designed, this was recognized as a possible outcome of command-line specification mistakes, but the consulted experiments stated explicitly that this was an acceptable risk. Any change to mitigate this problem would be a breaking change, necessitating changes to scripts and use patterns.

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