Please explain the magic in os.erl

[Raimo Niskanen]

david.wallin@REDACTED (David Wallin) writes:

I guess it is just to easier identify hanging or slow shell commands
in a ps -ef listing. It just sets the first argument for the shell
to "unix:cmd".

Try:
        1> os:cmd("echo $1").
        "unix:cmd\n"

> Hi all,
> 
> I had a look at os.erl and found this (line 173):
> 
> -define(SHELL, "sh -s unix:cmd 2>&1").
> 
> Could someone explain the 'unix:cmd' part ?
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> --david.
> 

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