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you may need the weird windows "system(1,prog.pl)"

Is this an undocumented feature of Perl? Because system doesn't mention it, although it works (as I found by trying it out).

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Re^3: windows vs unix: different behaviour with exec()
by almut (Canon) on Nov 20, 2008 at 15:49 UTC
Re^3: windows vs unix: different behaviour with exec()
by zentara (Cardinal) on Nov 20, 2008 at 15:51 UTC
    It's just one of those tips that floats around Perlmonks.... I couldn't even find it on google.

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