exec.Command does not invoke a shell, the `>' you use in bash is a
shell function (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Redi
rections). Note that the example for CombinedOutput invokes "sh" as the
command with "-c", "ls... (https://golang.org/pkg/os/exec/#example_Cmd_
CombinedOutput).
On Sun, 2017-11-12 at 19:35 -0800, buc...@gmail.com wrote:
> package main
>
> import(
> "fmt"
> "os/exec"
> )
>
> func main ()
> cmd := exec.Command("ls", ">", "/dev/null")
> output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
> if err != nil {
> fmt.Println(fmt.Sprint(err) + ": " + string(output))
> }
>
>
> When I run this go program I get:
> exit status: 1: ls: >:No such file or directory
> /dev/null
>
> When I do this from the (bash/sh) shell command line:
> |# ls > /dev/null
> it works correctly (no errors and exit status: 0
>
>
> I've stared at this code for several days now and am getting
> nowhere. Any
> thoughts?
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