in reply to Re^2: Backtick caught in infinite loop
in thread Backtick caught in infinite loop

Usually, it would go right at the top of your script, right after use File::Basename. I'm guessing it would be ok before your backtick. BTW, you might want to read "perldoc perlipc".
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