This works for the error, it doesn't launch. However why does this not work on a server end put works alright locally executed. Is this an issue with the path?

It may be. However, to quote from perldoc -f system:

You can check all the failure possibilities by inspecting $?
like this:

    if ($? == -1) {
        print "failed to execute: $!\n";
    }
    elsif ($? & 127) {
        printf "child died with signal %d, %s coredump\n",
            ($? & 127),  ($? & 128) ? 'with' : 'without';
    }
    else {
        printf "child exited with value %d\n", $? >> 8;
    }
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