This code, when run as a cgi script (demo.pl, eg), does not perform the "dir"
(or does not return data to the $tmp variable, in any event).

It works in all other respects (I get a page in the browser that displays "Dir:")

Thoughts?  Thanks!!

#! c:\perl\bin\perl.exe
use CGI qw(:standard :html3);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

print header();

print '<html><body>';

$tmp = `dir`;
if (defined($tmp)) {
   print "Dir: $tmp";
} else {
   print "Error: $!";
}

print "<p>";
print "Path is $ENV{'PATH'}";

print '</body></html>';

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Here's the PATH at runtime: 

Path is d:\bin\;D:\oracle\ora81\bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\
+bin;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\W
+bem

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In reply to backtick in perl 5.8 cgi under iis 6 by cseelig

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