yes that is right, that part is wroking. my problem is in second part: @attt = "cleartool desc attype:$cmd2\@vob://$cmd1"; I f i give the same command prompt it's working i.e c:>cleartool desc attype:SYNC_CHECK@vob:/train
Regards j -----Original Message----- From: Tanton Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:45 PM To: Javeed SAR; Sudarshan Raghavan; Perl beginners Subject: Re: statement > @cmd_merge=`cleartool lstype -kind attype -s -invob \\$cmd1`; Here you use backslashes \\ > @attt = "cleartool desc attype:$cmd2\@vob://$cmd1"; Here you use forwardslashes // Why the change?