LPM: back tick problem

John Gibson jgibson at lexmark.com
Fri Jun 22 07:43:05 CDT 2001


Try this.

$t = `$argv[0] 2>&1`;
$t2 = `$t 2>&1`;

This should capture the standard error also.

On 16:58, 06/21/01, 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?
> 
> Ron
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