RE: 2.1.17 having issue with ExecResult() using pipelines

[Martin, Jason H]

CFE only checks that the first command in ExecResult is fully pathed.

-JM

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> [mailto:help-cfengine-bounces+jason.h.martin=cingular.com@gnu.
> org] On Behalf Of Brendan Strejcek
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:41 AM
> To: Mark Burgess
> Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: 2.1.17 having issue with ExecResult() using pipelines
> 
> 
> Mark Burgess wrote:
> 
> > binning cats is cruel so cfengine doesn't allow you to gloat with 
> > "yada yada" afterwards.
> >
> > Actually this has to do with the fact that no shell is used to wrap 
> > the command. It could be useful to have a functino which does wrap 
> > too. For now you can do /bin/sh to hush up the cruelty.
> 
> Wow, I so didn't follow that. :-)
> 
> nathan r. hruby wrote:
> 
> > fooish = ( ExecResult(/bin/sh -c "/bin/cat file | yada | 
> yada | yada") 
> > )
> 
> Do you use absolute paths for all the yadas? Maybe that is 
> the problem.
> 
> Best,
> Brendan
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