[Gambas-user] " ls > /dev/pts/0 " by Exec.....

[Tobias Boege]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2012, Ru Vuott wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'ld like launch this line "ls > /dev/pts/0" by "Exec".
> 
> If I write:
> 
>    Exec ["ls", ">", "/dev/pts/0" ]
> 
> it returns an error. It says I cannot access to > : file or directory not found.
> 
> Idem, if I launch:
> 
>    Exec ["ls", "> /dev/pts/0" ]
> 
> 
> And, if I use:
> 
>    Exec ["ls >", /dev/pts/0" ]
> 
> The error message says: cannot run child process: cannot exec program.
> 
> I just can not figure out how to !
> 
> Regards
> vuott

The redirection via > and friends is a feature of your shell. If you want to
use it you have to employ the SHELL instruction, not EXEC, which uses
execve(3) or some variant directly.

Regards,
Tobi