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-rw-r--r--interimap.md4
-rw-r--r--pullimap.md9
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index a13801a..b9d08a8 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ interimap (0.5) upstream;
BLOB.
+ interimap: use the 'user_version' SQLite PRAGMA for database schema
version.
+ + interimap, pullimap: in the manpage, clarify that the tunnel command
+ is run following Perl's `exec` semantics: it is passed to `/bin/sh -c`
+ when it contains shell metacharacters; and split into words and passed
+ to execvp(3) otherwise.
- libinterimap: bugfix: hierarchy delimiters in LIST responses were
returned as an escaped quoted special, like "\\", not as a single
character (backslash in this case).
diff --git a/interimap.md b/interimap.md
index 50c1832..31d7c3f 100644
--- a/interimap.md
+++ b/interimap.md
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ Valid options are:
: Command to use for `type=tunnel`. Must speak the [IMAP4rev1
protocol][RFC 3501] on its standard output, and understand it on its
- standard input.
+ standard input. The value is passed to `` `/bin/sh -c` `` if it
+ contains shell metacharacters; otherwise it is split into words and
+ the list is passed to `execvp`(3).
*STARTTLS*
diff --git a/pullimap.md b/pullimap.md
index a367dd1..72418aa 100644
--- a/pullimap.md
+++ b/pullimap.md
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ Valid options are:
: One of `imap`, `imaps` or `tunnel`.
`type=imap` and `type=imaps` are respectively used for IMAP and IMAP
over SSL/TLS connections over a INET socket.
- `type=tunnel` causes `pullimap` to open a pipe to a *command*
- instead of a raw socket.
+ `type=tunnel` causes `pullimap` to create an unnamed pair of
+ connected sockets for interprocess communication with a *command*
+ instead of a opening a network socket.
(Default: `imaps`.)
*host*
@@ -160,7 +161,9 @@ Valid options are:
: Command to use for `type=tunnel`. Must speak the [IMAP4rev1
protocol][RFC 3501] on its standard output, and understand it on its
- standard input.
+ standard input. The value is passed to `` `/bin/sh -c` `` if it
+ contains shell metacharacters; otherwise it is split into words and
+ the list is passed to `execvp`(3).
*STARTTLS*