RE: Problem with shell() and 1.3B1

Michael Rees ((no email))
20 Nov 93 10:43:59 U

> A few people have reported problems with the new shell() function in
> 1.3B1.
Yes, I have the same problem with:
open process "telnet" for update

> You can interrupt the shell function when this happens by pressing
> control-C (which will interrupt any running script, BTW), and can work
> around the problem in the short term by putting a delay into the shell
> command, e.g.:
> put shell("sleep 1; echo $HOME")
This does not help with:
open process "sleep 1; telnet" for update

Incidentally, what would be the name of the process for this last command? You
need it in subsequent read commands such as:
read from process "????" until return

Michael

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