my $systemcmd = "/usr/bin/appname";
   my @systemargs = ('-p', $workpath,
                     '-P', $workpath,
                     '-H', $url,
                     ($maxdepth < 3 
                        ? "--maxdepth=$maxdepth" 
                        : "--maxdepth=2"),

                     $bpp ? "--bpp=$bpp" : (),  # thanks to 'tye'

                     ($compression 
                        ? "--${compression}-compression" 
                        : ''),

                     '-N', $title,
                     $beamable ? $beamable : (),
                     $no_url_info ? $no_url_info : (),
                     '-V1',
                     '-f', "$workpath/$md5file");

   print LOG "Command: $systemcmd @systemargs\n";
   system($systemcmd, @systemargs);