Re: Executing / Retrieving Output from Command

When I wrap the whole gunzip command and parameters in tics I get nothin in the returned string and $! gets set to "Inappropriate I/O control operation".

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Re^2: Executing / Retrieving Output from Command by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 15, 2010 at 18:36 UTC
First, could you post the code you actually used? It might also help if you said which platform you are using. (Windows, Cygwin, unix) What's `$?`? `$!` is only meaningful if `$?` is `-1`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]