Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 20:12:46 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016503967.c60398@mired.org> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Script to hangup ppp? Message-ID: <15504.1822.570384.940313@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020314144909.B83799@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020314003211.11956.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEELFCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020314144909.B83799@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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In <20020314144909.B83799@grimoire.chen.org.nz>, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> types: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:10:50PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > > No that does not work. > > It does not like the 'cat /var/run/tun0.pid' part. Gives a message argument > > should be jobs or process id. > Use backticks. ie ` . Not quotes, ie '. Might I suggest $( ... ) in preference to backticks? Works in all sh variants, and is nestable as well. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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