Re: [PLUG] Perl backticks/system question

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 02:09:10PM -0500, Jon Nelson wrote:
> > No, that's how I understood the problem.  Do you also get a syntax
> > error when you run
> > 
> > $ echo a(b)c
> > 
> > Anyway, I'm out of guesses.
> > 
> 
> Yep I get the error.

But you're saying you *don't* get an error when you try to execute
some other command that has parens in it?  Could you post the exact
command you're trying to execute, before it's been run through
quotemeta?

Walt

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