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From: griffin@frith.uucp (Danny Griffin)
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Subject: Re: VLT oddity?
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Date: 29 Jan 91 17:21:40 GMT
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davids@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Dave Schreiber) writes:



>I've been doing some experimenting with VLT's ARexx port and have found
>something curious.  The commands EMIT (which displays a string on VLT's
>window) and SEND (which sends a string to whoever VLT is connected to),
>only seem to recognize the first word of the string sent.  For example:

>/*A test of VLT's ARexx command 'SEND'*/
>address vlt
>"send ls -l News*N"
>results in only 'ls' being sent to the host.  Does anybody know if this is

Try this:
 
 /* ob cmt */
  
  address VLT
  'send "ls -l News*N"'
   

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                          | creative men.  There is logic in this; he is 
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