Re: [Jython-dev] kevin's environ module

[chuck c. <cc...@zi...>]

Hmm...Kevin actually had 'sh -c "%s"' in the original code
I switched to '%s' and everything worked.  And then I tried
'sh -c %s' and that worked.  I was curious and tried
"sh -c '%s'" but that failed as well.  So it definitely has something
to do with the quotes.  In the bash man page I found the following:

       Shell builtin commands return a status of 0 (true) if suc=AD
       cessful,  and  non-zero  (false)  if an error occurs while
       they execute.  All builtins return an exit status of 2  to
       indicate incorrect usage.

So I'm guessing maybe the shell is having issues quoting?  I get a
return code of 2 whether I use a builtin or call a command.

chuck

On Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:40:26 -0800
Phil Surette <phi...@ho...> wrote:

> Looks like we are each doing some of the same work.
> Hopefully we can merge our changes - I made a number
> of them.
>=20
> I haven't got a linux box to test with tonight; can
> you try wrapping the arguments with quotes?
>=20
> i.e. instead of '/bin/sh -c %s' use '/bin/sh -c "%s"'
>=20