Have you tried using the complete path to a.out? (ie /home/myname/bin/a.out)
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Matthew Blacklow wrote: > Below is some perl code which works fine when executed locally, however when > I telnet to the system it is on and and it is run things are not run in the > correct order. In fact it skips the first system call all together. > > Any suggestions on how to fix this? > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > $pid = getppid; > print "PPID is $pid"; > > $run = "./a.out"; > system($run); > > sleep 2; > $run = "kill -9 $pid"; > > system($run); > > > It totally skips a.out. What it is meant to do is run a.out and then close > the telnet session using the kill. Locally it works fine(ie. not telneting). > When telneting it just kills without running a.out. > All help appreciated, > > Matthew > > -- Rob Connor TWR Communications 301 777 2692 x131 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good judgement comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgement. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
