Re[2]: [expert] extra special dialup script.

[Rusty Carruth]

Bryan D Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> >     my $now = system("date");
> 
> Whoops.  That exectutes the date command but doesn't capture the
> output - the output still goes where it normally would (stdout).
> 
> I think you meant:
> 
>       my $now = `date`;

err, oops. Yup.  I sit corrected!

rc