SOLVED This is terribly annoying me. I'm only a perl apprentice, so don't expect too much ;-)

My Question now is: How do I call an external program with the system() func from a CGI-Script? I am uploading an MS Excel file and want it to be parsed by an external program which will insert it into a database quietly. The shell call for this would be: 
ccupdate_db -ExcelFile /var/www/cgi-bin/upload/test.xls -q

here's the code (with debug stuff): 

# Variables alsway hold the full path to the file mentioned
my $ccupdate_db = "/var/www/cgi-bin/ccupdate_db";
my $excel_file = "$uploadedfile"; #i.e. "/var/www/cgi-bin/upload/test.
+xls"
my @args = ($ccupdate_db, "-ExcelFile $excel_file", "-q");
my $exit_code = system(@args);
print "Exit Code: ".$exit_code/256."<br>";
print "Error: ".$!:"<br>";
print "ARGS: ";
foreach my $val (@args)
{
   print $val." ";
}

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This will output: 
Exit Code: 2
Error: Bad file descriptor
Args: /var/www/cgi-bin/ccupdate_db -ExcelFile /var/www/cgi-bin/upload/test.xls -q


WHY??? If I copy the outputted lines to the shell, all works fine...

In reply to The System function and its usage by Structed

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