in reply to Re^2: Can't spawn "cmd.exe":
in thread Can't spawn "cmd.exe":

system documents that the value of $test in system ("cmd",$test); will be passed as a single argument. If system behaved as documented, it would execute 
cmd "/C excel.exe text.xls"

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cmd does not accept that.

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Re^4: Can't spawn "cmd.exe":
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 18, 2009 at 18:36 UTC
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      Really. 
      >cmd "/C dir"
'dir"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

>cmd /C dir
 Volume in drive C is C
 Volume Serial Number is 28AB-0E8B

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\ikegami

2009/03/18  03:49 PM    <DIR>          .
2009/03/18  03:49 PM    <DIR>          ..
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      That's the one I had used to test earlier, but it turns out cmd is very forgiving for practically all other commands.

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        Seems more like a bug in cmd.exe to me 

        C:\test\test\test>cmd "/c dir *"
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C78-4B42

 Directory of C:\test\test\test

18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          .
18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          ..
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C:\test\test\test>cmd "/c dir "
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C78-4B42

 Directory of C:\test\test\test

18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          .
18/03/2009  20:13    <DIR>          ..
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