Subject: Re: Openmcl run-program args
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:04:51 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <l5Gdnf-pssVuKSbanZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Neil Baylis  <neil.baylis@gmail.com> wrote:
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| Interestingly (or not..) the following fails:
| 
| ? (run-program "tail" '("-3 foo") :output t)
| tail: illegal option -- -3 foo
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You should try the same thing in a shell:

    $ "tail" "-3 foo"
    tail: illegal option -- -3 foo
    $ "tail" "-3" "foo"
    27.356
    43.923
    67.172
    $

Capische?


-Rob

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