[wp-hackers] Backup plugin and writability

[Elliotte Harold]

Scott Merrill wrote:

>> 1. Why is it trying to writing anything to /var/www/cafe/?
>> /var/www/cafe/wp-content/backup-05ad9/ I understand, but /var/www/cafe
>> shouldn't need to be written.
> 
> It's checking whether it can create the directory it needs.

Then why doesn't the message mention /var/www/cafe/wp-content instead of 
/var/www/cafe ?

>> 2. Why isn't it using /usr/tmp for temporary files like a good Unix
>> program?
> 
> WordPress is not a good UNIX program, it's a web-based application.  It
> might be running on Windows, in which case /usr/tmp is a bogus value.
> 

Java has a platform independent means of finding the temporary files 
directory and creating a temporary file. Does PHP? Even if it doesn't it 
shouldn't be that hard to figure out if we're on Unix or Windows and 
choose the temporary directory accordingly.

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