RE: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS

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2010


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 104724
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texte = Thanks Marc. Strange results. If I send this: [dos]curl -d 'apiKey=3Dk%&format=3Dxml%&token=3Dt' -k = https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info[/dos] Then the DOS command that gets run is >curl -d "apiKey=3Dk&token=3Dt" The & gets through! But the middle parameter is missing. If I move = things around, the middle parameter is always the one missing. If I add = a fourth parameter, the output is totally messed up like this. >curl -d "apiKey=3Dk&token=3Dt//rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info Any other ideas? Hate to go back to TCPConnect. -----Original Message----- From: Marc Thompson [mailto:mthompson@media.utah.edu]=20 Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:02 AM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS Try escaping the & with %% or ^ [dos]curl -d "apiKey=3Dkey%%&token=3Dtoken" -k Olin Lagon wrote: > This is probably a bug nobody cares about, but I can't seem to pass = the & > character to DOS. When I try something like this: >=20 > [dos]curl -d "apiKey=3Dkey&token=3Dtoken" -k > https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info[/dos] >=20 > The command sent to DOS is=20 >=20 >> curl -d "apiKey=3Dkeytoken=3Dtoken" -k = https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info >=20 > Notice the & sign is missing. >=20 > So this basically makes using curl not possible in this way from = Windows. I > tried a bunch of other tests and no matter what I can't get the & = character > to be sent to DOS, even in %26 format. I even tried using variables = instead > of directly keying in the text into the DOS command. >=20 > Anybody else find this bug? >=20 > It's important to me because curl will fetch a page in less than a = second > whereas TCPconnect takes well over 5 seconds. >=20 > Thanks, Olin >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > Bug Reporting: = http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=3Dtopics&category=3D288 > . >=20 --=20 ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS (Bob Minor 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS (Marc Thompson 2010)
  3. RE: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS ("Olin Lagon" 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS (Marc Thompson 2010)
Thanks Marc. Strange results. If I send this: [DOS]curl -d 'apiKey=3Dk%&format=3Dxml%&token=3Dt' -k = https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info[/dos] Then the DOS command that gets run is >curl -d "apiKey=3Dk&token=3Dt" The & gets through! But the middle parameter is missing. If I move = things around, the middle parameter is always the one missing. If I add = a fourth parameter, the output is totally messed up like this. >curl -d "apiKey=3Dk&token=3Dt//rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info Any other ideas? Hate to go back to TCPConnect. -----Original Message----- From: Marc Thompson [mailto:mthompson@media.utah.edu]=20 Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:02 AM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] bug in sending & character to DOS Try escaping the & with %% or ^ [DOS]curl -d "apiKey=3Dkey%%&token=3Dtoken" -k Olin Lagon wrote: > This is probably a bug nobody cares about, but I can't seem to pass = the & > character to DOS. When I try something like this: >=20 > [DOS]curl -d "apiKey=3Dkey&token=3Dtoken" -k > https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info[/dos] >=20 > The command sent to DOS is=20 >=20 >> curl -d "apiKey=3Dkeytoken=3Dtoken" -k = https://rpxnow.com/api/v2/auth_info >=20 > Notice the & sign is missing. >=20 > So this basically makes using curl not possible in this way from = Windows. I > tried a bunch of other tests and no matter what I can't get the & = character > to be sent to DOS, even in %26 format. I even tried using variables = instead > of directly keying in the text into the DOS command. >=20 > Anybody else find this bug? >=20 > It's important to me because curl will fetch a page in less than a = second > whereas TCPconnect takes well over 5 seconds. >=20 > Thanks, Olin >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ > Bug Reporting: = http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=3Dtopics&category=3D288 > . >=20 --=20 ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- "Olin Lagon"

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