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|    Niels Haedecke to Jame Clay    |
|    BZ on Ubuntu 10.4: system() call not wor    |
|    01 Dec 10 15:11:12    |
   
   > Niels,   
      
   >>I've just updated my Linux box to Ubuntu 10.4 server and now it looks like th   
   >>system() call of the BZ scripting language no longer seems to work. What do I   
   >> do? Well, I've added a few lines to the opendoor.bz script like this:   
      
   >> case 10:;   
   >> logdoor(8);   
   >> system("ls -la /dev",1,0);   
   >> break;   
   >> but now everytime I call this door option, I do not get any screen output.   
      
   > Any actual errors?   
      
      
   No, unfortunately there is no error message. The code just returns without any   
   error message.   
      
   >> Now, nethack complainst that it has to be run from   
   >> within a terminal in order to work.   
      
   > I think I have that (NetHack) just directly available in the BBS menu...   
   > I'll have to check how I have that configured...   
      
   I've read that there is a special version required for this. Would be nice if   
   you could tell me how to do it.   
      
      
   > Jame   
      
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