Robert Klemme
7/5/2006 5:17:00 AM
bbiker wrote:
> Thank you Robert.
>
> Your first suggestion works!
>
> I am not sure about your second suggestion.
>
> I tried: retval = system("bigdeal", "-n 36", "-p rb_deals")
> and retval = system("bigdeal", "-n 36 -p rb_deals")
No, that would rather be
retval = system("bigdeal", "-n", "36", "-p", "rb_deals")
You can also do (for less quoting clutter)
retval = system *w{bigdeal -n 36 -p rb_deals}
You need to pass *all* arguments individually. You may have to replace
"bigdeal" with the complete path.
Regards
robert