First: use "\" not "/". Second: You have to escape the "\" with a second "\" when using double quotes.
Your line needs to read: $sys="C:\\antiword\\antiword.exe -t -w 10000 document.doc > C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\somedir\\document.txt"; That shou'd work. Alternatively, you could do it this way: $sys='C:\antiword\antiword.exe -t -w 10000 document.doc > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\somedir\document.txt"; That should work also. Cheers, john > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alejandro Santillan > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 3:03 AM > To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: Executing an external program from a perl scrip. > > > Trying to migrate a perl script from linux to windows (IIS), > I need to execute a command line from within the perl script. > This snippet worked fine in linux (provided the path is > correct), but it didn't work in windows: > > $sys="C:/antiword/antiword.exe -t -w 10000 document.doc > > C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/somedir/document.txt"; > system($sys); > > The snippet works fine if the script is run from the DOS > window, or by double clicking, but is makes nothing when it > is executed as a CGI. I've double checked that the > destination folder has write permissions working fine. Is the > "system(...);" sentence not appropriate under the windows > envirnonment? > > Thanks, > Alejandro > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
