On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 12:07:12AM -0300, J�rn wrote:
>       get http://server.com/something&something
>                                        ^ ampersand
> the ampersand (&) will not be interpreted as a literal character, but
> rather with some meaning given by the shell.
>
> My question is whether this is intentional?  (or some "side effect"?)

Yes, it is intentional. The ampersand is used to launch a command in
background. Use:

   get "http://server.com/something&something";

or
   get http://server.com/something\&something

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   Alexander.                      | http://www.yars.free.net/~lav/

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