Name

sys_dir_is_allowed — test whether a path is permitted by DirsAllowed

Synopsis

integer sys_dir_is_allowed( in path varchar);
 

Description

sys_dir_is_allowed returns 1 if path is permitted by the DirsAllowed configuration setting and 0 otherwise. Use it to pre-flight file-system access before opening a file from user-supplied input.

Parameters

path

The file-system path to check against DirsAllowed.

Return Types

An integer: 1 if allowed, 0 otherwise.

Examples

Example 24.123. Check a path before reading

SQL> select sys_dir_is_allowed ('/tmp');
      


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