Using system command on Win2003 X64

apr_1985 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello. I have a Windows 2003 64bit server.
Everytime that I try a system command if fails. Even simple things like
system ("dir"); dont work.

It doesnt come up with an error message or anything it just seems to ignore the command.

I have tried both 64 and 32bit versions of 5.8.6.811.
It works fine on my 32bit XP machines

Can anyone suggest anything it maybe??

Thanks
Apr_1985

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Re: Using system command on Win2003 X64 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Nov 19, 2007 at 13:57 UTC
Do you run your scripts as `script.pl` or as `perl script.pl` ? Does it make any difference if you run `system("dir <nul");` ? Does `perl -V` produce normal output ? You probably should give us a copy'n'paste of an actual script that demonstrates the problem ... along with a copy'n'paste of the output. (I think it's highly likely that you know what you're doing ... but the only way we can actually know that you're not doing something silly is if you give us a copy'n'paste of input and output.) Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Using system command on Win2003 X64 by cdarke (Prior) on Nov 19, 2007 at 13:11 UTC
Check the return value from system, or $? >> 8. This should give an error code. If zero, then it is not telling. In that case I suggest you try running system('cmd.exe') to see if you get a cmd.exe console.	[reply]