Re^2: Perl calling command prompt?

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Re^3: Perl calling command prompt? by Joost (Canon) on Nov 27, 2006 at 13:33 UTC
That will run "cmd" first, wait for it to exit, and then run the "cd" command. You probably just want to run `system ("cd E:\\MyPerl\\Trial_Scripts");` [download] but then, you can just as easily just use `chdir "E://MyPerl/Trial_Scripts";` [download] "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl calling command prompt? by roboticus (Chancellor) on Nov 27, 2006 at 13:48 UTC
Joost: But they yield different results. I assume the OP would be more interested in the second version than the first. (See a related post in thread trouble with system commands for details...). --roboticus	[reply]
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