If I'm reading this correctly: as soon as you drag a path into the terminal window, anything run from Terminal has access for that path apparently permanently, through a special hidden capability attribute, bypassing the usual Catalina permissions dialog.
Assuming it's true - I've no reason to think otherwise but I'm not using a Mac at the mo so can't try it - this is fascinating. It has the ring of a quick workaround for something: in desperation we bung in a whole new capability for this, let's hope nobody notices, we'll do it properly in a later release. Is there a better explanation? If it is a grubby workaround, what would it have been a workaround for?
Assuming it's true - I've no reason to think otherwise but I'm not using a Mac at the mo so can't try it - this is fascinating. It has the ring of a quick workaround for something: in desperation we bung in a whole new capability for this, let's hope nobody notices, we'll do it properly in a later release. Is there a better explanation? If it is a grubby workaround, what would it have been a workaround for?