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  1. Article: 13014 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Problems with C-Kermit, modems, Unix, dialling....
  6. Date: 3 Dec 2001 14:31:35 GMT
  7. Organization: Columbia University
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  17. In article <3C0AE075.3000601@adelaide.edu.au>,
  18. Arthur Marsh  <arthur.marsh@adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
  19. : No, C-Kermit's run uses the shell currently defined for the user. If 
  20. : C-Kermit is defined as the login shell (useful for some situations), 
  21. : there isn't access to running other executables from within C-Kermit, 
  22. : hence the need for system(3) which uses /bin/sh regardless of the user's 
  23. : login shell.
  24. : 
  25. For that you can do:
  26.  
  27.   run /bin/sh -c "command arg1 arg2 ..."
  28.  
  29. Having separate RUN commands that select the user's preferred shell vs
  30. /bin/sh would be no less obscure than this.
  31.  
  32. - Frank
  33.