Mysterious error message: scenario please

[Mike McNally]

In article <1369 at umd5> don at umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes:
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>I'd like to know just what could possibly be causing the following error
>message in response to a call to system() with a string that if typed
>by hand to a shell works just fine -- "00: is not an identifier".
>I'm totally mystified, and invite wild speculation on the part of you
>net.people (or comp.people if you've been renamed already) on what the cause
>might be...
>
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Could be that the shell you type the command into is not the same shell
used by system().  If I recall, system() uses /bin/sh.  Perhaps if you
provided more details concerning the shell command someone could be
more helpful to you.  Sort of like telling your doctor, "when I execute
a certain body function, I see a large rabbit and hear Frank Sinatra
singing; what could be wrong?"

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