Paul Appleby wrote:
> I am trying to make a system call to an executable that is in a
> subdirectory in the web root.
>
> For example, if the executable is in the top level of the web root, this
> works:
> system ("anyprogram.exe arg1");
>
> But if the executable is in a subdirectory, it won't work when I try
> a path to the executable.
> For example, this doesn't work:
> system ("C:/inetpub/web/sub/anyprogram.exe arg1");
>
> I'm using Perl 5.6.1 on Windows 2000 and IIS 5.
A couple of things to try :
Not sure what the current directory is when running IIS, you could
print out the current directory to see where you are to start with
(see Cwd module).
You could try using \'s instead of /'s, may make a difference depending
on what shell is being used.
You could try a relative path rather than absolute :
system 'sub\anyprogram.exe arg1';
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