On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks, but I need to preserve the value returned by $mycommand also. I
> guess using backticks won't allow me to do that .
> Mostly what I need to do is read from STDOUT into a variable. But I don't
> know how to do that.
Then just redirect STDOUT of the command into a file and then open the
file, like you were doing. That's the simplest way of doing it.
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOW YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A ROTTEN DAY:
#15 Your pet rock snaps at you.
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
