On Monday 31 July 2006 10:06 pm, Eric M.Williams wrote: > On Jul 31, 2006, at 3:32 PM, D Jungk wrote: > > If I try to send a shell command with a path that has ñ or é in it, it > > fails. > > I have tried setting the encoding of a string first and then using > > that in > > the command. It still fails. I can cut the path from the debugger and > > paste > > it into the terminal and it works fine. > > > > There seems to be no way to send a shell command using a path with a > > non-ascii > > in it. My work around so far is to save a text file with the commands > > (with > > proper encoding and permissions) and then call it as a script. > > Take a look at 'man xargs'. I use this with AE Monitor and it works > like a charm... except that it's a nasty workaround. :) > > Eric M. Williams > Oxalyn Software > http://software.oxalyn.com/ > Hi Eric, I looked at "man xargs" and so far I don't quite understand it. Is Standard Input a file that I put the arguments in before executing the shell command?
Would you have a few minutes to copy a snippet of code that I could look at? Thank you for your help, Don Jungk _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
