[0] Perl> $output = `\"c:/Program Files/Direct Modeling Express 4.0/binx64/7za.exe\" a -y c:/junk.rar \"c:/Program Files/Hitman Pro 3.5/*\"`;; [0] Perl> print $output;; 7-Zip (A) 4.42 Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov 2006-05-14 Scanning Updating archive c:/junk.rar Compressing HitmanPro35_x64.exe Everything is Ok