[erlang-questions] Command line and quotes

[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2006-12-06 11:58, Mats Cronqvist wrote:
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>    i don't really know anything about bash quoting, but this;
> 
> $ run_erl -daemon /tmp/ /tmp "erl -sname aname"
> 
>    and this;
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> run_erl -daemon /tmp/ /tmp "erl -sname aname"
> 
>    should (and does) work.

out of curiosity i would like to ask if the "'s are necessary? i would 
expect:
run_erl -daemon /tmp/ /tmp erl -sname aname
to behave the same way as your example.

i know i can try this on my own system, so you may of course forget 
about testing this if you do not feel like it.


bengt
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