diff -Nur flexbackup-0.9.8.orig/flexbackup flexbackup-0.9.8/flexbackup
--- flexbackup-0.9.8.orig/flexbackup	Wed Nov  3 04:13:41 1999
+++ flexbackup-0.9.8/flexbackup	Mon Nov 20 21:22:36 2000
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
     # Enough fooling around... run it.
     if (!defined($main::opt{'n'})) {
         foreach $cmd (@cmds) {
-            system("($cmd) 2>&1 | tee -a $main::log");
+            system("(/bin/sh -c '$cmd') 2>&1 | tee -a $main::log");
             if ($CHILD_ERROR) {
                 &log("$cfg::type: error from backup, exiting");
                 &log("offending command: $cmd");