# no strict or warnings
$bla = "this and that";
$file = "c:\filea";
system("echo $bla > $file");  # this works
if (1==1) #not the actual test, but it goes in this test
{
  system("echo $bla > $file");  #this never occurs
  #if run by an exe that calls Perl -U this_script
  #and passes output to IIS
  #it does work from cmd prompt
}