On Thursday 30 November 2006 22:57, Cameron Dale wrote: > hostname:~$ touch '/tmp/`touch /tmp/hello`' > touch: cannot touch `/tmp/`touch /tmp/hello`': No such file or > directory
My fault. The slashes are still path separators and the directory '/tmp/`touch /tmp/' does not exist. So you would have to do mkdir -p '/tmp/`touch /tmp/' first. Cheers, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]