Running "tmpwatch -s" may not work with filenames that begin with "-" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Issue
- The
tmpwatchcommand doesn't terminate the argument list tofuser, and therefore may not handle files starting with '-' correctly. - Running
tmpwatchon a directory containing filenames that begin with "-" may generate errors.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 / tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.2
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