Re: using pipes with g_spawn_command_line_sync

[Luka Napotnik <luka napotnik gmail com>]

I expected "1" but got the command itself. And when appending /bin/sh at
start, the returned status is != 0 and the output is blank (empty
string).

On sre, 2006-08-23 at 16:08 -0400, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> Luka Napotnik wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I am unable to run a command with g_spawn_command_line_sync() that uses
> > pipes. For example "echo \"bla\" | wc -l" gives the exact output as the
> > command insted "1". Other commands without the pipe execute with no
> > problem. What's the problem?
>
> I'm afraid that this doesnt make sence:
>      gives the exact output as the command insted "1"
>
> are you saying that it is outputting "1" when you expected something else ?
> otherwise - what is it outputting exactly instead ?
>
> If it is indeed broken and you're not getting the desired "1" that one
> would expect... you might try prepending the interpreter to that line
> like so: "/bin/sh echo \"bla\" | wc -l"
>
> Cheers,
>                      -Tristan