Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:12:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: GABEL JULIEN <Julien.GABEL@sgam.com> Cc: "'Scott M. Nolde'" <scott@smnolde.com>, Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSDQ <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Simple script ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0202251511210.13403-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <D7444C754148D411842E00902740F56D0395848B@MAILBOX2>
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, GABEL JULIEN wrote: > $ cat getpackage > #!/bin/sh > ftp -a -v > ftp5.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.4-RELEASE/packages/$1 Slap double-quotes around the $1; that way, if the command's invoked like this: getpackage "a path containing a space" the ftp command won't get mangled. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Prolog in JavaScript: http://tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/~cmjg/logic/prolog-latest To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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