[fpc-devel] Running programs with output redirection

[David W Noon]

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:51:12 +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote about Re:
RE : RE : RE : [fpc-devel] Running programs with output redirection:

>Ludo Brands wrote:
[snip]
>> {$IFDEF LINUX}
>>   p.CommandLine := 'bash -c "diff -r dir1 dir2 > diff.txt"';
>> {$ENDIF}
>>   p.Execute;
>
>Might be safer to refer to sh rather than bash in this context, since 
>Debian and Ubuntu are moving from Bash to Dash with sh being an 
>appropriate symlink.

Even better would be to use the SHELL environment variable.  This is
established by the login shell and reflects each user's default shell,
as per /etc/passwd.
-- 
Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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