On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Phil Pennock wrote:
> Hi, [ I'm resubscribed to the list ]
>
> We'd like to use an external command's exit status for triggering a
> director. Yes, we know about the potential overhead. :^(
>
> Short of embedding Perl and using a perl function which does system(),
> is there a way of doing this?
>
> Failing that: Philip, how much hassle would a
> ${command{pathname}{argv0}{argv1}...}
> expansion item be, please?
${command{pathname}{{env0}{env1}...}{{argv0}{argv1}...}} ?
Or can anyone see a better way of controlling the environment ?
I'm tempted to say "security", but I can't justify it.
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