At first I didn't think this was a perl problem (and it still might not be), however I'm quickly running out of non-perl things that could cause this problem

I have a script that runs on boot. It basically takes some info, puts it into a text file, and then puts the text file on another box.

The line of code that produces the stty: standard input: Invalid argument error is 

system("sudo -u username scp /tmp/bootbox21.txt mybox.mydomain:/export
+/home/username/");

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I first though this was caused by sudo trying to run one of the .bashrc or .bash_profile files. In /etc/bashrc I commented out the two lines which have an stty command, but that didn't help. Actually I didn't think it would since, they're only run if it is a login shell. There is no /etc/bash_profile. I then thought that ~/username/.bash_profile might have some problem (there is no .bashrc file for the user). I eventually went so far as to completely rename it so it wouldn't be found. Still no luck.

So now I'm starting to wonder if it isn't some weird perl gotcha with the system command using sudo. Can anyone help with this?

In reply to stty: standard input: Invalid argument by xorl

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