You should probably show us a brief example of code that replicates the problem.

It's possible that your system isn't set up with proper paths to the directory where that system command resides. I would check there first. From within your script try printing the environment's path value and make sure that your system folder is there.

It's also possible that Perl has a built in version of what you're trying to do through the system command. If it does, that might be your best solution (almost always better to take from within rather than shell out, particularly when dealing with CGI and its inherent security issues).

For example, if all you want is the date, you can get almost the same thing as `date` with Perl's built-in print scalar localtime;. Of course if you shell out to date you can *change* the date and time, so maybe that's the behavior you're looking for. Anyway, check your path first. And if that doesn't clear it up, post the code that shows the system call so we can see if our eyes spot something wrong.

Dave

"If I had my life to do over again, I'd be a plumber." -- Albert Einstein

In reply to Re: system call in an CGI perl script, fails on Windows XP by davido
in thread system call in an CGI perl script, fails on Windows XP by sureshr

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