Re: SIGINT in system() with shell metachars

Why no use qx ?

$sysret = qx(prog1 file1 | filter -v $version > $tmpfile 2>&1);
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Though I haven't tested the code I use this way of
executing shell-commands in some of my own code so it
should work... (I hope ;-) )

/k2

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Re: Re: SIGINT in system() with shell metachars by IlyaM (Parson) on Jun 25, 2003 at 16:10 UTC
It will not work. qw() is just another syntax for backtics (see perlop) which don't return process status but rather return process output. -- Ilya Martynov, ilya@iponweb.net CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd Quality Perl Programming and Unix Support UK managed @ offshore prices - http://www.iponweb.net Personal website - http://martynov.org	[reply]