From: Jesse Rosenthal <jrosenthal@jhu.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:32:39 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Explain why I'm sanitizing msg ids.
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Explain why I'm sanitizing msg ids.

Shell things dollar signs are variables, so it's necessary to escape
them in msg ids.
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diff --git a/remoteusage.mdwn b/remoteusage.mdwn
index bf41efb..24d28ef 100644
--- a/remoteusage.mdwn
+++ b/remoteusage.mdwn
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ be necessary in the furture.
         [ -d "${CACHE}" ] || mkdir -p "${CACHE}"
         CMD=$1
         shift
+	# we need to a little sanitizing of msg ids so the shell
+        # doesn't mangle them
         ARGS=`echo $@ | sed 's/\\$/\\\\$/g'`
         $SSH_BIN $USER@$SSH_HOST $NOTMUCH_REMOTE_BIN ${CMD} ${ARGS}
     }