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: +--------------- | Interestingly (or not..) the following fails: | | ? (run-program "tail" '("-3 foo") :output t) | tail: illegal option -- -3 foo +--------------- 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 ----- Rob Warnock <rpw3@rpw3.org> 627 26th Avenue <URL:http://rpw3.org/> San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607