in reply to system() on Win32

@INC is for modules, not programs. 
C:\>perl -e"system qw[ net stat ]"
The syntax of this command is:


NET [ ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP |
      HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | NAME | PAUSE | PRINT | SEND | SESSION |
      SHARE | START | STATISTICS | STOP | TIME | USE | USER | VIEW ]

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If you want to spawn cmd.exe, you should specify the absolute path to cmd.exe.

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Re^2: system() on Win32
by holli (Abbot) on Mar 04, 2005 at 10:00 UTC
    On every sane windows system cmd.exe is in the PATH and therefore specifying the complete path is unnecessary.

    I strongly believe it is a security policy issue as mentioned elsewhere in this thread.


    holli, /regexed monk/
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Re^2: system() on Win32
by manoser (Initiate) on Mar 04, 2005 at 09:38 UTC
    Honestly, I do not know how to specify the absolute path to cmd.exe.

    I mean, You can't just pass it as an additional variable when You call system, can You?

    Thanks

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