Re: shell problems again...
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texte = grabbing at straws here... i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but when i program in perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my full command and then just pass that single variable to the shell.i.e.[text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] [shell] [dothis] [/shell] Matt Kalin Mintchev wrote:> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about skinning the cat this > > way... > > > > [shell] > > gzip [file_name] > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > [/shell] > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... gunzip and > unzip are producing errors.... > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the gnu > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > nj-singles.com > > ijo.com > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > hi all, > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has been fixed. > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing here: > > > > > > [shell] > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > [/shell] > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end suffix is > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be .zip (i > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the gzip. > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine on the > > > command line... > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables in the > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is not > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list
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grabbing at straws here... i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but when i program in perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my full command and then just pass that single variable to the shell.i.e.[text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] [shell] [dothis] [/shell] Matt Kalin Mintchev wrote:> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about skinning the cat this > > way... > > > > [shell] > > gzip [file_name] > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > [/shell] > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... gunzip and > unzip are producing errors.... > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the gnu > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > nj-singles.com > > ijo.com > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > hi all, > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has been fixed. > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing here: > > > > > > [shell] > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > [/shell] > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end suffix is > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be .zip (i > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the gzip. > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine on the > > > command line... > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables in the > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is not > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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