That's good thing to know (!) ---- Christoph Leser <le...@sup-logistik.de> wrote: > Just my 1 cent on the perl script > > #!/usr/bin/perl > `cd /path-to-dir`: > `rm *`; > > will purge your working directory, not /path-to-dir, as each of the `command` > constructs is executed in a process of its own and thus has no influence on > the next command > > you would be better of with > #!/usr/bin/perl > `cd /path-to-dir;rm *`; > > Regards > Christoph > > > ________________________________ > > Von: owner-m...@openbsd.org im Auftrag von Ed Ahlsen-Girard > Gesendet: Mi 31.12.2008 13:27 > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: ftp from script > > > > I'm trying to automate getting the sets and source for running -current. > > For some reason, this syntax: > > ftp -ia ftp://host.domain/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/architecture/*.tgz > > or this: > > ftp -ia ftp://host.domain/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/architecture/bsd.rd > > works great from the command line. But not in scripts, either shell: > > #!/bin/sh > > cd /where/I/put/sets > > rm * > > # all above work fine > > ftp -ia ftp://host.domain/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/architecture/*.tgz > > or perl: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > `cd /where/I/put/sets`; > > `rm *`; > > # all above work fine > > `ftp -ia ftp://host.domain/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/architecture/*.tgz`; > <ftp://host.domain/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/architecture/*.tgz%60;> > > Using system () does not get any different behavior, whether I pass a > list or a proper array. In all cases I see a connection to the server, > followed > by a complaint of an invalid directory, and disconnection. > > I've been using perl for about ten years, and I'm pretty sure my perl is ok. > Anybody have an idea of what I'm missing? > > >
-- Ed Ahlsen-Girard Ft. Walton Beach FL
