[fpc-devel] TProcess, bash, and escaping quotes

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Seth Grover wrote:
> I'm working with TProcess, which for the most part I love, but I'm
> scratching my head right now because of a problem I'm experiencing.
> 
> Suppose I have the following command:
> 
> ifconfig | grep -E -e "inet6? addr:" | grep -v -E -e
> "(127.0.0.1|::1|Scope:Link)" | sed -e
> "s/^.*addr:\s*\(\S*\)\(\/\d+\)*.*$/\1/g"


Do you mean the same as this issue:

  http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=14446


TProcess does not support bash style syntax where parameters need to be
placed in quotes etc. This issue confuses the hell out of me as well. Marco
suggested a good solution - but it's not implemented yet. TProcess
parameters must be an array and not a string. anyway, read the bug report
to understand more of how TProcess interprets things.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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