Needing the output is an independent concern, and means you should use (ice-9 popen) instead of system.
open-pipe* is analogous to system*, in that it doesn't use a shell. Regards, Neil Original Message From: Mark A. Hershberger Sent: Saturday, 7 March 2015 15:09 To: dsm...@roadrunner.com Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Shell-escape a string Mark A. Hershberger writes: > dsm...@roadrunner.com writes: > >> How about using system* instead and pass your arguments directly instead >> of letting a shell (mis)interpret them? > > Thanks for pointing this out. It looks like the right solution. Actually, upon reflection, I think I need to use Taylan's shell escape method since I need the output. -- Mark A. Hershberger NicheWork LLC 717-271-1084
