Mike,
not sure if I understand you right, but to execute a shell command try and
examine the output/result of that command, try:
##############START CODE SNIPPET#################
use strict;
my $result = "";
my $cmd = "C:\\Program Files\\mozilla.org\\Mozilla\\mozilla.exe";
##Double up the windows path specifiers in Perl.
##Using backticks around the command executes it and directs
##STDOUT to the variable. Similar to system() command.
$result = '$cmd';
##Now you can examine the $result variable to see the
##outcome of executing the command.
print STDOUT $result;
############## END CODE SNIPPET#################
Hope this helps. If I missed what you really are trying to do - sorry.
;-)
Jonathan Hughes
Tech Support Specialist
MCP / MCSD
Goodyear South Africa
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I'm trying to execute a command stored in a variable - specifically
C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mozilla.exe
use Shell;
my $sh = Shell->new;
print $sh->$w;
isn't it. No variation on quoting seems to work - I either get 'the
system cannot locate the file (and yes, it IS there) or I get various
errors in the sub shell command regarding eval and invalid separators.
I've run thru almost every error message that there is... What's the
syntax?
Thanks!
Mike-
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