shell(find)

[Scott Rossi]

On 3/30/04 11:14 AM, "Zac Elston" <zelston at aol.com> wrote:

> why does
> 
> shell("find . something") work
> 
> but
> 
> put "find . something" into myfindcmd
> shell(myfindcmd) not work?
> 
> i need to find a few different things so I'm trying to loop through a
> list and I get nothing back.  but hardcoding the find line works.

What happens if you use:

 put "find . something" into myfindcmd
 shell(quote & myfindcmd & quote)
  
Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Development & Design
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