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