jpn@panda.UUCP (John P. Nelson) (11/04/85)
[ I am forwarding this for lsuc!dave - jpn@panda, moderator, mod.sources ] I think the posting of the routine which does a system() faster is fine, BUT. It's not compatible with the shell because of the requirements that a file name follow '>' with no spaces, and so on. Would it have been that hard to change it? The primary value of system() is, in my experience, in interactive programs, where you store the user's input line (!whatever...) into "buffer" and run system(buffer+1); or whatever. I'm concerned that people will take this posted comman() routine, use it the same way, and then their applications users will get hurt unexpectedly by having a "shell" command which doesn't quite work. Comments? Dave Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto