comparison DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 @ 36147:a657a5332e3a

manpage: document -playlist being unsafe in its option description This really should have been added to the manpage at the start of the previous decade. There's still bad advice about -playlist in the XML docs, but I'll remove that later when purging more obsolete/wrong stuff from there. Patch by Uoti Urpala [uau mplayer2 org]

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.TP
.B \-playlist <filename>
Play files according to a playlist file (ASX, Winamp, SMIL, or
one-file-per-line format).
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.I NOTE:
This option is considered an entry so options found after it will apply
only to the elements of this playlist.
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FIXME: This needs to be clarified and documented thoroughly.

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.TP
.B \-playlist <filename>
Play files according to a playlist file (ASX, Winamp, SMIL, or
one-file-per-line format).
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.I WARNING:
The way MPlayer parses and uses playlist files is not safe against
maliciously constructed files.
Such files may trigger harmful actions.
This has been the case for all MPlayer versions, but unfortunately this
fact was not well documented earlier, and some people have even misguidedly
recommended use of -playlist with untrusted sources.
Do NOT use -playlist with random internet sources or files you don't trust!
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.I NOTE:
This option is considered an entry so options found after it will apply
only to the elements of this playlist.
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FIXME: This needs to be clarified and documented thoroughly.