Fw: system command, -Z Flag and quotes

[Kenneth Brody]

> Dennis Malen wrote:
> 
> Sorry,
> 
> I believe Bill Randall answered my problem in a recent prior post in the
> following manner:
> 
> system "/appl/fp/rclerk msx.served -s1 -z \"addfile\""
> 
> Sorry to bother the list with something that was just answered on a recent
> prior post.
[...]

Just curious...

Why do you say that you need quotes around "addfile"?

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