Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 07:46:32 -0800 From: "Paul A. Scott" <pscott@skycoast.us> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, mike <mike@labs.unixhideout.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: simple question Message-ID: <B9EE7958.F23A%pscott@skycoast.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0211061631140.27882-100000@kvist.cs.umu.se>
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> Just a shot in the dark, but how about... > > # script tarout tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz & > > ...? > > Best regards, > Paul [Everlund] Well, yes. That will work, too. Better yet, it is immune to the differences between shells. Simpler is often better. :-) I had hoped my explanation would lead to a better understanding of how the shell processes these things (and hopefully provide some incentive to read the man pages). After all, give a man a fish and he is fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he is fed for life. Paul A. Scott mailto:pscott@skycoast.us http://skycoast.us/pscott/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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