[slightly OT] using sudo -S via shell

[Ken Ray]

On 11/20/05 12:50 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> Ken-
> 
> Saturday, November 19, 2005, 11:01:52 AM, you wrote:
> 
>> Here's how... in this case I'm using sudo to kill a process (the id of which
>> is in tPID):
> 
>>     put "#!/bin/sh" & cr into tScript
>>     put "pw="&tPassword & cr into tScript
>>     put "echo $pw | sudo -S kill -9" && tPID & cr after tScript
>>     get shell(tScript)
> 
> And, obviously, that second line should say "after" tScript...

Actually it's funny you mention that... it has worked for me with that error
in place, so perhaps the default shell I've been using works just as well as
sh.... anyway, you're right though - it should be "after".

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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Email: kray at sonsothunder.com