It's "perldoc -f system" not "perldoc system". --Ahmed
Gary Hawkins wrote: >> system("rm -rf $file"); >> >>But if you copied this from another source, that source was totally >>unaware that deletion of files like THAT is TOTALLY unsafe. A safer >>approach is: >> >> system("rm", "-rf", $file); >> > > I'm not aware of the reason for it. > > What's a good way to find which perl doc contains the thing I need to read > about? > > This will prolly make me look stupider than I wasn't to be of something then > of, but: > > C:\>perldoc system > No documentation found for "system". > > /g -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]