Re^2: Why can't a run a system command?

What difference is there between system and qx that will fix path problems?

Comment on Re^2: Why can't a run a system command?

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Re^3: Why can't a run a system command? by bart (Canon) on Oct 17, 2006 at 21:51 UTC
I think coldmiser assumed that qx would capture the error message. But it won't, as it'll go out through STDERR. So redirecting `2>&1` on the command line of qx/backticks will probably allow the script to see what is wrong.	[reply] [d/l]