>c:\progs\perl588\bin\perl -e"system 'dir'"
 Volume in drive C is TRIBBLE05a
 Volume Serial Number is 28AB-0E8B

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\ikegami\test

2008/05/15  11:23 AM    <DIR>          .
2008/05/15  11:23 AM    <DIR>          ..
2008/05/15  11:23 AM                 7 file
               1 File(s)              7 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   4,698,382,336 bytes free

>c:\progs\perl588\bin\perl -e"system 'type file'"
test

>c:\progs\perl5100\bin\perl -e"system 'dir'"
 Volume in drive C is TRIBBLE05a
 Volume Serial Number is 28AB-0E8B

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\ikegami\test

2008/05/15  11:23 AM    <DIR>          .
2008/05/15  11:23 AM    <DIR>          ..
2008/05/15  11:23 AM                 7 file
               1 File(s)              7 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   4,698,382,336 bytes free

>c:\progs\perl5100\bin\perl -e"system 'type file'"
test