Re^4: System call doesn't recognise '>'

my @array = ($command, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3);
system( "@array > $outfile" ) == 0
    or die "Couldn't launch [@array > $outfile]: $!/$?";
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Results in:

Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No such file or directory at D:\advanced_progra
+mming\test_syscall.pl line 29.
Couldn't launch [C:\clover\clover.exe D:\advanced_programming\vb_van_m
+otif.dat D:\advanced_programming\test.fa D:\advanced_programming\back
+ground.fa > C:\clover\out.txt]: No such file or directory/65280 at D:
+\advanced_programming\test_syscall.pl line 29.
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Again: If I paste the string C:\clover\clover.exe D:\advanced_programming\vb_van_motif.dat D:\advanced_programming\test.fa D:\advanced_programming\background.fa > C:\clover\out.txt in command line cmd.exe , it returns perfect output to the out.txt file.

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Re^5: System call doesn't recognise '>' by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 11, 2008 at 09:15 UTC
Perl starts all programs through `cmd.exe` (or whatever the local shell is) when it finds one of `<>\|` in the command to execute. As we've established, `cmd.exe` is not in your path. You won't be able to launch any program with redirection through `system` until you fix that. Also read system which also tells you that.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: System call doesn't recognise '>' by Lauras (Initiate) on Dec 11, 2008 at 09:25 UTC
You're right. And I did read the `system` documentation - but I couldn't deduce that from it... Must be my inexperience	[reply] [d/l]