The command runs fine from the command line. To clarify, ANY command I place between backticks fails with "Bad file descriptor". Here's a simple example:

if(defined (my $temp = `cmd.exe /c date /t`)) {<br>
print "TEMP = $temp\n";<br>
} else {<br>
die "Command failed: $!";<br>
}</br>
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From the command line this script correctly outputs the date, when running via CGI I get the aformentioned "Bad file descriptor".

IIS Version: 5.1
Perl Version: This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

Thanks again for your help with this!

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