Hello!
I'm trying to automatically create a subdirectory with today's date and output the xxx files (this is done by a different program, I just pass on the parameters).
This is what I have (with help from "haukex") 

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use IPC::System::Simple;

my $savedir = foldername;
system('GPIBShot.EXE','/HIDE','/12','/COLOR',"/NAME=$savedir/TEST1",'/
+SCREEN');

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A few questions that I wasn't able to find online (or I'm just miserable at googling)

1. Is there a way to fetch today's date and assign it to my "savedir" variable?

2. Assuming I did (or didn't) get the variable set up above, how do I pass it down using "system" in one of the parameters? The paramter "/NAME=" is where I set the directory, and the program manual doesn't specify whether sending a dir will work or not, which is what I'm trying to test eventually. But I'm getting an error from Perl as the following. Bareword "foldername" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at test2.pl

In reply to How to pass directory variable using IPC::System::Simple by bill5262

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