Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-05 Thread Alles, Kris
Hello, I'm trying to query a url with arguments (i.e. http:/www.thissite.com?title=1&action=2). I get errors saying that action is not a recognized internal or external command. I think this is because wget uses the '&' character to make the process run in the background. I tried substituting

Re: Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-05 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Alles, Kris wrote: > Hello, > > I’m trying to query a url with arguments (i.e. > http:/www.thissite.com?title=1&action=2). I get errors saying that > action is not a recognized internal or external command. I think this > is because wget uses th

Re: Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-05 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 The original message you sent, and to which I responded, had <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc-list. That email address does not appear to be valid; the mail relay host fro qa.ea.com (qamx-na1.ea.com) rejected it with a "relaying denied" error. That seem

RE: Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-05 Thread Alles, Kris
Can't add ampersand to url I want to get Hello, I'm trying to query a url with arguments (i.e. http:/www.thissite.com?title=1&action=2). I get errors saying that action is not a recognized internal or external command. I think this is because wget uses the '&' ch

Re: Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-05 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Alles, Kris wrote: > I tried wrapping the url with double quotes instead of single quotes and > it works. Please disregard previous message. Both single and double quotes should work in typical Unix shells. Unless, of course, the quoted text contain

Re: Can't add ampersand to url I want to get

2007-11-20 Thread Tony Godshall
Single quotes will work when a URL includes a dollar sign. Double quotes won't. On Nov 5, 2007 12:07 PM, Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Alles, Kris wrote: > > I tried wrapping the url with double quotes instead of single quotes and >