in reply to tar, system() & pipes?
The > /tmp/file is a *shell* directive, but the shell is not invoked when you use system LIST instead of system EXPR. You're passing > and /tmp/file as arguments to tar, and tar doesn't know what to do with them.
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Re^2: tar, system() & pipes?
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2007 at 20:35 UTC | |
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 17, 2007 at 20:38 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2007 at 20:55 UTC | |
by Argel (Prior) on Jul 17, 2007 at 22:11 UTC | |
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 17, 2007 at 20:46 UTC |
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