<quote who="Don Kibbey"> > I'm attempting to make use of a program called "mpack" which requires > some command line arguments to be quoted. While doing this, I'm > getting some over quoting and things are not worked as they should. > Is there another character or technique (aside from writing the > command out as a script and executing it that way) which can be used > to get around this? > > Here's and example of the command I would like to use. > > mpack -s "this is the subject" -d body.file attachement.pdf emailname > > To execute this I have to wrap it in quotes like this. > > SH -c "mpack -s "this is the subject" -d body.file attachement.pdf > emailname"
Do it this way: sh -c \mpack -s "this is the subject" -d body.file attachment.pdf\ or use ' instead of \ *SQ vs BSL* HTH Karl > > This of course makes a mess... > > Any ideas? Or am I just being goofy today? > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- karl _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ ____________ __o _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ____________ _-\<._ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ (_)/ (_) _/ _/ _/ _/ ...................... _/ _/ arl _/_/_/ _/ earson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IT Director, ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. http://www.atsindustrial.com Toll-free: 800-789-9300 x29 Direct2Desk: 801-978-4429 Facsimile: 801-972-3888 -- ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/