> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Christoph Leser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Just my 1 cent on the perl script > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > `cd /path-to-dir`: > > `rm *`; > > > > will purge your working directory, not /path-to-dir, as each of the > > `command` > > constructs is executed in a process of its own and thus has no influence on > > the next command > > You shouldn't be using backticks in a perl script. Backtick simply > starts a new process/subshell and runs whatever you have in the > backticks. If you're writing perl, use perl's syntax, and you won't > have these issues. > > > -- > http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk > "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." > -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. > "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or > internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks > factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford > learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
How do you get the output of the command then? System returns the return value. Backticks are part of perl's syntax. See 'perldoc perlop'. Ed Ahlsen-Girard
