Hi,
Try running the script from command line. If it runs perfect then there is something wrong with your configuration of the webserver.

Let us know the version of perl and the Webserver.
I have used windows XP earlier i had no such problem. Also try it without /t. Try using system command too.

Update: Try this. Its a guess that /t is assumed as something different 
$cmd="cmd "."time"." "."/t";
$result=`$cmd`;

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Thanks
SasiKumar

In reply to Re: Perl CGI on WinXP - Dos 'bad file descriptor' by sasikumar
in thread Perl CGI on WinXP - Dos 'bad file descriptor' by Madbreaks

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