I have never used System();
Have you tried:
`/usr/local/mnogosearch/sbin/indexer -i -u http://whatever/`;
?
Notice they are NOT ' (apostrophe), they are the ACCENT, `....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arturo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 12:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: UdmSearch: some question ...
>
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> I know this is not a Perl discussion list but if somebody knows Perl I
> would be very grateful if you help me to resolve this problem.
>
> I want to execute the following command line in a Perl program
>
> system ("date >output_file &") && die "error";
>
> ... but nothing happens.
>
> Actually the previous example was just a test I wanted to do because I
> intend to execute the following command line within a Perl program:
>
> ./indexer -i -u http://132.248.104.19/~artus/archiv_datos.html
>
> instead of sending the output to a file how can I execute this command
> line in a Perl program, using the 'system' operator which I suposse is
> the best way to do it . Is it necessary to use some Library ??
>
>
> Thanks a lot, Arturo Pulido
>
> P.D. Of course this is just an example. Actually I want to substitute
> 'archiv_datos.pl' by a variable in order to automate the
> indexing process.
>
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