How to call unix/linux batch command from perl

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

Hi
I want my cgi to call a R script with some command line arguments. Since this script takes very long time and is CPU extensive job I would like to batch it. Can anyone give me the idea how to do it.
when I say
batch -f R --slave <rscript.R> --args arg1
I get an error
/usr/bin/getopt: unrecognized option `--slave'
/usr/bin/getopt: unrecognized option `--args'
batch: error parsing command-line arguments
please help

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Re: How to call unix/linux batch command from perl by Joost (Canon) on Mar 06, 2008 at 21:20 UTC
You're passing unrecognized arguments to the batch command. Read the manual. This has nothing to do with perl, or CGI. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: How to call unix/linux batch command from perl by northwind (Hermit) on Mar 06, 2008 at 21:31 UTC
Would this question perhaps be related to this or this (or even this)?	[reply]