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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/


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