LPM: back tick problem

Rich Bowen rbowen at rcbowen.com
Thu Jun 21 16:11:44 CDT 2001


On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:58:56 -0400 (EDT), Ronald Edward Petty said:

> 
>  $t = `$argv[0]`;
>  $t2 = `$t`;
>  
>  If argv[0] is command that produces another commane
>  newfs .... will make mkfs .....
>  
>  and the `$t` executes.... why is the output of that $2 null even though it
>  is scrolling on the screen and correct?

Probably it's going to STDERR rather than STDOUT

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