Antal wrote: >>>in linux I can't use the exec for executing a program with more than one >>>parameter. >>>I tried to supply more than a parameter separeted with whitespace, but >>>it's not reliable, since the program is treating it as just one parameter >>> >>>so I can't pass options to programs, such as: >>>ls -l .* >> >>Expansion of the * is done by the shell not by the exec system call. Use >>the shell() command from the unix unit instead. > > I'm not asking about a shell related problem, but about passing more than > a single parameter when executing a file > let's change the above example to > cat ~/anyfile1 ~/anyfile2 > or just: > dir /p c: > > or anything else, which needs many params > > Anyway, if using the shell() would help in linux, it's a good hint. > But for portability what do I do in other OS? > > I'm just pointing out the more than one parameter execution of a command
The compiler uses executeprocess heavily and it works fine. Please provide a complete example which doesn't work. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
