On 16/02/07, Ambrose Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15/02/07, Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > BackupPC doesn't use a shell for executing these commands, > > so shell substitutions like `...` don't work. > > > > You can set $Conf{TarClientCmd} to execute a shell script that > > can do any argument processing you want. > > Actually `` are valid Perl quotes that execute a shell, so this would > have worked if the `` had not been further quoted.
Um. Now I see why this wouldn't work. I shouldn't write a reply after midnight. Sorry. -- cheers, -ambrose ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/