Hi,

I have a perl script running on Linux environment.

I have a list of Oracle form files. These files need to be translated into text files, which I can open and look for various patterns etc.

I loop though the perl script and create a shell script which looks like this
/oracle/IAS/bin/frmcmp_batch.sh module=/home/forms/src/ealib450.pll module_type=library userid=XXXX/XXXX@XXXX compile_all=yes batch=yes script=yes Output_File=ealib450.txt debug=yes

I then try to execute this command via, system command as I want the script to continue running afterwards (so exec is out).

Code for running the command is system("sh $temp_shell2")|| print "2 failed to execute $!\n";

I read this here http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=78523, but still no luck!

This fails with a 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' message, which I read could be a red herring!

However if I open the Linux window, go to the directory and type the filename in, the script executes!

Just to make matters more confusing, I can create a shell script in my windows environment with exactly the same command, putty the file over to the Linux box and Plink the file, and the file executes!

Why can I not execute the Linux script Via the Perlscipt that created it in the Linux environment?

Thanks in Advance

Ant

In reply to Run Linux Command from Perl Script by ant

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